Derek Walcott - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1992
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Derek Walcott

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1992
for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment
Citizenship
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
Languages
English
date of birth
1/23/1930
place of birth
Castries
date of death
3/17/2017
place of death
Cap Estate
Lived
87 years

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employer
  • Boston University
notable work
  • The Capeman
  • Omeros
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain
educated at
  • University of the West Indies
  • University of London
occupation
  • playwright
  • prose writer
  • writer
  • poet
  • director
  • librettist
work location
  • Saint Lucia
  • New York City
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