The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992
Awarded on: 1992-10-08
"for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"
Derek Walcott
Born: 1930-01-23 in Castries, Saint Lucia
Gender: male
Field: Saint Lucian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
Biography
Sir Derek Alton Walcott OM was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.