Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist from the West Indies, Derek Alton Walcott (born 1930) used a synthesis of Caribbean dialects and English to explore the richness and conflicts of the complex cul...
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For some forty years Derek Walcott has been the preeminent poet and playwright of the West Indies. In spite of his international awards (including an O.B.E. in 1972) and the accolades of such peers as...
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Biography EssayBy the time In a Green Night first made its modest international appearance in 1962, Derek Walcott had already gained preeminence as a poet and playwright in the West Indies. Over the...
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The above description of Walcott's poetic voice is quite valid; in fact, the way in which he modulates his tone and incorporates these different styles into his poetry in order to achieve the desired ...
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Derek Walcott is from the island of St. Lucia, an island which was under British Colonialism until 1979. The subject of colonialism is one that affects him personally with his mixed identity and his u...
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Derek Alton Walcott
Derek (Alton) Walcott
