Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 23, 1930
Died
Mar 17, 2017
Place of Birth
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Credits
6 titles
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."
