Derek Walcott

Another Life

Autobiographical poem reflecting on artistic growth and commitment to writing

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Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 for his Caribbean epic Omeros, a reimagining of Homer's Odyssey in the Caribbean landscape. He synthesized English and Caribbean oral traditions in verse of immense formal mastery.

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