Writing

Derek Walcott

Born 23 January 1930 · Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies · Died 17 March 2017 at 87

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."