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A City's Death By Fire :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (227 hits)

A Far Cry From Africa :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (373 hits)

After the Storm :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (268 hits)

Blues :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (296 hits)

Codicil :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (229 hits)

Egypt, Tobago :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (232 hits)

Forest of Europe :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (282 hits)

In The Virgins :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (293 hits)

Koening Of The River :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (251 hits)

Love After Love :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (362 hits)

Midsummer, Tobago :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (316 hits)

Night in the Gardens of Port of Spain :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (287 hits)

R.T.S.L. (1917-1977) :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (246 hits)

Sabbaths, W.I. :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (280 hits)

The Glory Trumpeter :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (321 hits)

The Saddhu Of Couva :
Poetry 2009-08-06 (308 hits)

The Sea Is History :
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Biography Derek Walcott

Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a Caribbean poet, playwright, writer and visual artist. Born in Castries, St. Lucia, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.

His work, which developed independently of the schools of magic realism emerging in both South America and Europe at around the time of his birth, is intensely related to the symbolism of myth and its relationship to culture. He is best known for his epic poem Omeros, a reworking of Homeric story and tradition into a journey around the Caribbean and beyond to the American West and London.

Walcott founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop in 1959, which has produced his plays (and others) since that time, and remains active with its Board of Directors. He also founded Boston Playwrights' Theatre at Boston University in 1981 with the hope of creating a home for new plays in Boston, Massachusetts. Walcott retired from teaching poetry and drama in the Creative Writing Department at Boston University in 2007. In fall 2009, he will commence a three year distinguished scholar in residence position at University of Alberta. He continues to give readings and lectures throughout the world. He divides his time between his home in the Caribbean and New York City. In 2009 he withdrew his candidacy for the position of Oxford Professor of Poetry after two allegations of sexual harassment of students came to light.
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Alton Derek Walcott (născut la 23 ianuarie 1930) este poet, dramaturg, scriitor si artist vizual. Născut în Castries, St Lucia, a câştigat Premiul Nobel pentru Literatură în 1992.
El este cunoscut mai mult pentru poemul epic "Omeros".
Walcott oferă lecturi şi prelegeri, în întreaga lume, împărţindu-şi timpul între ţara sa de origine - Caraibe şi New York City. În 2009 el şi-a retras candidatura pentru funcţia de profesor de Poezie la Oxford, după ce două acuzaţii de hărţuire sexuală asupra elevilor au ieşit la iveală.