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Walcott, Derek

والكوت، ديرك

デレク・ウォルコット


  • URI(s)

  • Fuller Name

    • Derek Alton

  • Variants

    • والكوت، ديرك
    • デレク・ウォルコット

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Birth Date

        1930-01-23

    • Death Date

        2017-03-17

    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: St. Lucia Arts Guild
        • Organization: University College of the West Indies
        • Organization: Little Carib Theatre Workshop (Port of Spain)
        • Organization: University of Essex

    • Birth Place

        Castries (Saint Lucia)

    • Associated Locale

        West Indies

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Occupation

      Poets

      Dramatists

      Critics

      Nobel Prize winners

      • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

      • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

      • Sources

        • found: His Henri Christophe ... 1950.
        • found: Thomas, N. Derek Walcott, poet of the islands, c1980:title page (Derek Walcott) page 9 (Derek Alton Walcott)
        • found: The Capeman, 1998:CIP title page (Derek Walcott) data sheet (b. January 23, 1930)
        • found: 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)
        • found: 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's 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))
        • found: 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.)

      • LC Classification

        • PR9272.9.W3

      • Editorial Notes

        • [Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project]
        • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated]

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      • Change Notes

        • 1980-06-25: new
        • 2024-08-21: revised

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