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Derek Walcott

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Also known as Derek Alton Walcott, Sir Derek Alton Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

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Derek Walcott (1930–2017) was a male writer from Saint Lucia. He is recognized in the Nobel Literature collection and has received one Nobel Prize. His literary output includes 184 works, with notable titles such as *Prentice Hall Literature*, *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold*, and *विश्व कविता संचयन*.

Walcott’s writings have been referenced by 720 other encyclopedia articles. His poetic themes include reflections on human nature and divinity, as seen in lines such as "The violence of beast on beast is read As natural law, but upright man Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain." Other quotes attributed to him include "I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars."

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1992

    “for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Saint Lucia
Place of birth
Castries
Place of death
Cap Estate
Occupation
prose writer
Educated at
University of London
Employer
Boston University
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
The Capeman
Image
Derek Walcott.jpg
Work location
New York City
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name in native language
Derek Alton Walcott
Commons category
Derek Walcott
date of birth
1930-01-23
date of death
2017-03-17
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Black Lunch Table
has works in the collection
Studio Museum in Harlem
described at URL
discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/derek-walcott-papers
inventory number
MS COLL 00136, MS COLL 00348, MS COLL 00504, MS COLL 00710, MS COLL 00772
influenced by
Elizabeth Bishop
P12674
Ōmiya-ku
nominated for
Tony Award for Best Original Score
P12749
2379 Heiskanen
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.

He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including the Guiness Award for Poetry, Britian's W.H. Smith Literary Prize, 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, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2010 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry White Egrets and the Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award in 2015.

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