Portrait of Derek Walcott

Postmodern

Derek Walcott

1930 – 2017

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

  • Saint Lucia
  • Caribbean
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • ◆ Nobel 1992
UGC NET importance

About

Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Portrait by Bert Nienhuis (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons.

Life on the Timeline

1930 – 2017
800 BCToday

Major Works

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