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Derek Walcott
Writing
Birthday: January 23, 1930 (95)
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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