Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West-Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. Born in Castries, St. Lucia, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. His work, which developed independently of the schools of magic realism emerging in both South America and Europe at around the time of his birth, is intensely related to the symbolism of myth and its relationship to culture. Wikipedia
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...a multicultural commitment" Derek Walcott Saint Lucia b. 1930 Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award. Photos: Copyright The Nobel Foundation ... www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1992/index.html
