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Derek Walcott
- Born
- 23 January 1930 (87 years old)
- Passed away
- 17 March 2017
- Place of birth
- Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies
- Gender
- Male
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."