Known For
Writing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-23
Day of death
2017-03-17 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
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."