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  1. Mar 17, 2017 · Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died. By Hilton Als. March 17, 2017. Walcotts poems explored, among other themes, the sea, memory, and the joys and terrors of physical love. PHOTOGRAPH...

  2. Mar 17, 2017 · Derek Walcott, whose intricately metaphorical poetry captured the physical beauty of the Caribbean, the harsh legacy of colonialism and the complexities of living and writing in two cultural...

  3. Dec 28, 2017 · Derek Walcott. When the poet claimed his place on the world stage, he took a tiny island with him. By CALVIN BAKER. Walcott in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, in 1993. Credit David Hurn/Magnum Photos.

  4. Mar 17, 2017 · The prolific, Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright died Friday at his home in St. Lucia. He was 87. Walcott wrote dozens of books of poetry and plays, among them his epic poem Omeros and his...

  5. Mar 17, 2017 · Walcott, who has died aged 87, powerfully explored the cultural and linguistic complexities of the Caribbean, where each island has its own distinct melody and vocabulary, as well as those of his...

  6. Derek Walcott - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born in 1930, in the West Indies, Derek Walcott received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.

  7. Mar 17, 2017 · Derek Walcott, the Caribbean poet and playwright who won the 1992 Nobel Prize for literature, died Friday. A native of St. Lucia, Walcott was 87. His publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, said...

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