Derek Walcott

Writer

Born: January 23, 1930 (87 years old)

Died: March 17, 2017

Place of birth: Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies

Biography

Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros, which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."

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