Derek Walcott

Writing

Born: 1930-01-23

Died: 2017-03-17

From: Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies

Gender: Male

Biography

Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros, which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."

Awards & Nominations16 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie

2013

🏆 Won

PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award

2005

🏆 Won

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

2004

🏆 Won

Prix Laure Bataillon

2002

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Original Score

The Capeman

1998

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala

1994

🏆 Won

Nobel Prize in Literature

1992

🏆 Won

Heinemann Award

1983

🏆 Won

Cholmondeley Award

1969

🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

🏆 Won

Musgrave Medal

🏆 Won

King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

🏆 Won

T. S. Eliot Prize

🏆 Won

Order of Merit

🏆 Won

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

Acting1 title

7.0

Movie

… And the Pursuit of Happiness

1986Documentary

Directing1 title

Movie

The Haytian Earth

1984Drama

Writing2 titles

Movie

The Haytian Earth

1984Drama

Series

NBC Experiment in Television

1967 - ...Drama