Writing
Derek Walcott
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Born
23 January 1930
Died
17 March 2017 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
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."
