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Derek Walcott

1930–2017

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Derek Alton Walcott (1930-2017) was a Caribbean poet, playwright, writer, and visual artist born in Castries, Saint Lucia, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. He is best known for his epic poem Omeros, a reworking of Homeric story into a Caribbean-spanning journey. He founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop in 1959 and Boston Playwrights' Theatre in 1981, and taught at Boston University until retiring in 2007.

Born
1930

Books by Derek Walcott

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    Omeros

    2014

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