Musician Dictionary

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017) · poet, playwright and visual artist

DescriptionSaint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
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Born1930-01-23
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BirthplaceCastries Castries
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Died2017-03-17
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Place of deathSaint Lucia Cap Estate
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AreaSaint Lucia
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CountryLC
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CitizenshipSaint Lucia
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Occupationwriter prose writer playwright poet librettist director
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AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Cholmondeley Award PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award Musgrave Medal King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry Guggenheim Fellowship Officer of the Order of the British Empire T. S. Eliot Prize Order of Merit star on Playwrights' Sidewalk Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie Nobel Prize in Literature Heinemann Award Prix Laure Bataillon
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Also known as

D. Walcott Derek Alton Walcott Walcott

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