This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Derek Walcott Square

x
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Derek Walcott Square
Phone:
+1 758-454-3418

Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


Sir Derek Alton Walcott, KCSL, OBE, OCC was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the University of Alberta's first distinguished scholar in residence, where he taught undergraduate and graduate writing courses. He also served as Professor of Poetry at the University of Essex from 2010 to 2013. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros , which many critics view as Walcott's major achievement. In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur Foundation genius award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry White Egrets and the Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award in 2015.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Derek Walcott Square Videos

Shares

x

More Attractions in Castries

x

Menu