| LC control no. | n 79149058 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9272.9.W3 |
| Personal name heading | Walcott, Derek |
| Variant(s) | والكوت، ديرك デレク・ウォルコット |
| Associated country | Saint Lucia |
| Associated place | West Indies |
| Birth date | 1930-01-23 |
| Death date | 2017-03-17 |
| Place of birth | Castries (Saint Lucia) |
| Place of death | Gros Islet (Saint Lucia) |
| Affiliation | St. Lucia Arts Guild University College of the West Indies Little Carib Theatre Workshop (Port of Spain) University of Essex |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Dramatists Critics Nobel Prize winners |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project Non-Latin script references not evaluated |
| Found in | His Henri Christophe ... 1950. Thomas, N. Derek Walcott, poet of the islands, c1980: title page (Derek Walcott) page 9 (Derek Alton Walcott) The Capeman, 1998: CIP title page (Derek Walcott) data sheet (b. January 23, 1930) Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Feb. 5, 2010 (Derek Walcott; also known as Derek Alton Walcott; b. Jan. 23, 1930, Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies; poet and playwright) African American National Biography, accessed September 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Walcott, Derek; Derek Alton Walcott; poet, dramatist, literary critic, cultural critic; born 23 June 1930 in Castries on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia; graduated from St. Mary's College, Castries (1947) and taught at that institution (until 1950); cofounded the St. Lucia Arts Guild (1950); studied for bachelor degree in French, Spanish, and Latin, University College of the West Indies, Jamaica (1948); taught in Grenada, St. Lucia, and Jamaica; received the Jamaica Drama Festival Prize for his play Drums and Colors (1957); received Rockefeller grant to study the American theater in New York City; founder-director of the Little Carib Theatre Workshop (later the Trinidad Theatre Workshop), Port of Spain (1959); won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1992); was appointed Professor of Poetry, University of Essex, England (2009)) New York Times website, viewed March 17, 2017 (Derek Walcott; died early Friday morning [March 17, 2017], at his home near Gros Islet in St. Lucia. He was 87.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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