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Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." [2]
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Derek Walcott. 1930–2017. Agence Opale / Alamy Stock Photo. Born on the island of Saint Lucia, a former British colony in the West Indies, poet and playwright Derek Walcott was trained as a painter but turned to writing as a young man. He published his first poem in the local newspaper at the age of 14.
Apr 15, 2024 · Derek Walcott (born January 23, 1930, Castries, Saint Lucia—died March 17, 2017, Cap Estate) was a West Indian poet and playwright noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.
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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...
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Mar 17, 2017 · Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died. By Hilton Als. March 17, 2017. Walcott’s poems explored, among other themes, the sea, memory, and the joys and terrors of physical love. PHOTOGRAPH BY...
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Mar 17, 2017 · March 17, 201710:39 AM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. Tom Vitale. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Poet and playwright Derek Walcott published his first poem at the age...
Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1992, two years after the publication of his most ambitious and celebrated work, Omeros, an epic poem which draws on the Homeric tradition and relocates it in the voices and lives of the people of the Caribbean.
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