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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."
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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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1930–2017. Agence Opale / Alamy Stock Photo. Born on the island of Saint Lucia, a former British colony in the West Indies, poet and playwright Derek Walcott was trained as a painter but turned to writing as a young man. He published his first poem in the local newspaper at the age of 14.
WALCOTT, Derek. 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 ...
17 mar 2017 · Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died. By Hilton Als. March 17, 2017. Walcott’s poems explored, among other themes, the sea, memory, and the joys and terrors of physical love. PHOTOGRAPH BY...
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...
