Derek Walcott

Derek Alton Walcott, OBE  OCC (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.Nobel profile He served as Professor of poetry at the University of Essex until his death in 2017.

His works include the Homeric epic poem, Omeros (1990).Poetry Foundation article on Walcott In besides to having won the Nobel, Walcott has won many literary awards over the course of his career including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, and the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry, White Egrets."TS Eliot prize goes to Derek Walcott for 'moving and technically flawless' work", Guardian 24 January 2011

Walcott was born on 23 January 1930 in Castries, Saint Lucia."Derek Walcott, The Art of Poetry No. 37", The Paris Review Winter 1986"Derek Walcott", Poetry Foundation 

Walcott died at his home in St. Lucia on 17 March 2017.  He was 87.

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

References

Other websites

 British Council writers' profile, works listing, critical review
 Poetry Archive profile, poems written and audio
 Poetry Foundation profile and poems
 Poetry of American Poets profile, poems audio and written
 Profile and analysis, Emory University 
 Profile, interviews, articles, archive. Prague Writers' Festival
Poetry is an island, Derek Walcott, A feature documentary film about the life and times of Derek Walcott set to be released in 2013 with the help of crowd funding on Indiegogo

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