Derek Walcott
Poet, Author
1930 –
Who is Derek Walcott?
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is currently Professor of poetry at the University of Essex. His works include the Homeric epic poem, Omeros, which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." In addition 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.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1930
Castries - Also known as
- Derek Alton Walcott
- Derek A. Walcott
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Norline Metivier
(1982 - ) - Margaret Ruth Maillard
(1962 - ) - Fay Moston
(1954 - 1959) - Sigrid Walcott
- Norline Metivier
- Children
- Nationality
- Saint Lucia
- Profession
- Education
- University of the West Indies
- Bachelor of Arts
( - 1953)
- Lived in
- Castries
(2007 - )
- Castries
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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