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Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian-Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930-2017) · Saint Lucia · On the map · Writers · Died at 87

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

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2017Died17 March 20172013Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische PoesieAward2005PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary AwardAward2004Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward2002Prix Laure BataillonAward1994Honorary Doctorate of the University of AlcalaAward1992Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward1983Heinemann AwardAward1969Cholmondeley AwardAward1930Born23 January 1930

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Awards

Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie2013
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award2005
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2004
Prix Laure Bataillon2002
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Alcala1994
Nobel Prize in Literature1992
Heinemann Award1983
Cholmondeley Award1969
Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
Musgrave Medal
Order of Merit
T. S. Eliot Prize
Star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

About this person

Country
Saint Lucia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2017 · aged 87

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The same award as Derek

Seamus HeaneyBoth received T. S. Eliot PrizeW. H. AudenBoth received King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for PoetryTed HughesBoth received T. S. Eliot PrizeZbigniew HerbertBoth received Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische PoesieAnne CarsonBoth received T. S. Eliot PrizeRobert GravesBoth received King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry