Meny
Portrait image of Derek Walcott Photo: Bert Nienhuis

Walcott, Derek

Country/Region:
Saint Lucia
Born:
January 23, 1930
Dead:
March 17, 2017
Genres:
Poetry, Drama, Miscellaneous prose
Derek Walcott was born in Castries on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. His father was a civil servant who painted and wrote poetry, his mother taught at a Methodist school. He mentions his mixed background in the poem "The Schooner Flight" in which he says that "I'm just a red nigger who love the sea,/I had a sound colonial education,/I have Dutch, nigger, and English in me,/and either I'm a nobody or I'm a nation."

This is an abbreviated version of the article about Derek Walcott. Please Log in to get the full view of Alex Dictionary of Authors.

This feature requires a subscription

This feature requires a subscription

This feature requires a subscription

This feature requires a subscription