Derek Walcott

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Nobel laureate in Literature human playwright poet

Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel laureate in Literature, renowned for works such as the epic poem "Omeros" that blend Caribbean history with classical themes.

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Derek Walcott canonical 6
Derek Alton Walcott 1
Walcott 1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Literature ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Society of Literature Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
T. S. Eliot Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-01-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-03-17 ⓘ
educatedAt University of the West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Boston Playwrights’ Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boston University NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
familyName Walcott NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded Trinidad Theatre Workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Derek Alton Walcott NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Derek NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Caribbean poets ⓘ
postcolonial writers ⓘ
influencedBy Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ
T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ
W. B. Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Caribbean literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
notableFor exploration of Caribbean identity ⓘ
use of epic form in modern poetry ⓘ
notableWork Another Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dream on Monkey Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
In a Green Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midsummer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omeros NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pantomime ⓘ
Sea Grapes NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bounty NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Castaway and Other Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fortunate Traveller NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Odyssey: A Stage Version NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Star-Apple Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ti-Jean and His Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
White Egrets NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Castries, Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cap Estate, Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld playwright-in-residence ⓘ
professor of poetry ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
writingStyle blend of Caribbean history and classical themes ⓘ

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T. S. Eliot Prize → hasAwarded → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement → notableRecipient → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Louis Farrakhan → familyName → Derek Walcott ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walcott
Caribbean English → hasNotableAuthorUsing → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Derek Walcott Square → namedAfter → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Derek Walcott Square → honors → Derek Walcott ⓘ
this entity surface form: playwright Derek Walcott
Langston Hughes Medal → notableRecipient → Derek Walcott ⓘ
Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis → hasSibling → Derek Walcott ⓘ
this entity surface form: Derek Alton Walcott