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Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Born
January 23, 1930
Died
March 17, 2017 (age 87)
Place of Birth
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Derek Walcott
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."
