Derek Walcott
Writing
January 23, 1930
Died at age 87
March 17, 2017
Date of Death
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
2 Credits
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."
