Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott (1930 – 2017) — Saint Lucia, writing in English. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
“for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian poet and playwright who joined Caribbean rhythms, African inheritance, English literary tradition and colonial history. He treated cultural mixture not as deficiency but as the material from which a new tradition could be made.