Derek Walcott
Known for WritingBorn 1930-01-23 — died 2017-03-17Castries, 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."
