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Derek Walcott (Castries, 23 gennaio 1930 – Cap Estate, 17 marzo 2017) è stato un poeta e scrittore santaluciano, insignito del premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1992, noto soprattutto per le sue opere poetiche e teatrali in lingua inglese.
Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." [2]
- Poet, playwright, professor
15 apr 2024 · Derek Walcott (born January 23, 1930, Castries, Saint Lucia—died March 17, 2017, Cap Estate) was a West Indian poet and playwright noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.
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The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 (selected by Glyn Maxwell), Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017. Contributor of poems to numerous periodicals, including New Statesman, London Magazine, Encounter, Evergreen Review, Caribbean Quarterly, Tamarack Review, and Bim.
17 mar 2017 · The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 was awarded to Derek Walcott "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"
Poeta e drammaturgo caribico di lingua inglese, nato a Castries (Saint Lucia, Piccole Antille inglesi) il 23 gennaio 1930. Precocemente interessato alla poesia e al teatro, a 18 anni pubblicò la prima raccolta di liriche e due anni dopo fondò con il fratello Roderick il Saint Lucia Art Guild, nell'ambito del quale produsse e diresse il suo ...
17 mar 2017 · Derek Walcott, whose intricately metaphorical poetry captured the physical beauty of the Caribbean, the harsh legacy of colonialism and the complexities of living and writing in two cultural...
