Derek Walcott
Writing
Birthday
1930/01/23
Day of death
2017/03/17 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Also know as
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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."
