Derek Walcott

Birthday: 1930-01-23

Place of Birth: Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies

Biography: 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."