- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Jan 23, 1930
- Died
- Mar 17, 2017 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
Derek Walcott
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."
