Derek Walcott
Born
January 23, 1930
Died
March 17, 2017 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
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."
