# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-walcott
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:48:50.623Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-walcott"
name: "Derek Walcott"
slug: "derek-walcott"
description: "Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright."
tagline: "Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Walcott.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-01-23"
deathDate: "2017-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump