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Derek Walcott

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Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His Collected Poems: 1948-1984 was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, Omeros (1990); a collection of verse, The Bounty (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem Tiepolo's Hound (2000). His numerous plays include The Haitian Trilogy (2001) and Walker and The Ghost Dance (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.

Derek Walcott Books

Trinidad Noir book cover

Trinidad Noir

Earl Lovelace
Selected Poems book cover

Selected Poems

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The Haitian Trilogy book cover

The Haitian Trilogy

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The Gulf book cover

The Gulf

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What the Twilight Says book cover

What the Twilight Says

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Midsummer book cover

Midsummer

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The Fortunate Traveller book cover

The Fortunate Traveller

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Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays book cover

Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays

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The Joker of Seville & O Babylon! book cover

The Joker of Seville & O Babylon!

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Omeros book cover

Omeros

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Walker and Ghost Dance book cover

Walker and Ghost Dance

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White Egrets book cover

White Egrets

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Three Plays book cover

Three Plays

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The Arkansas Testament book cover

The Arkansas Testament

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Another Life book cover

Another Life

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The Star-Apple Kingdom book cover

The Star-Apple Kingdom

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The Prodigal

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Sea Grapes book cover

Sea Grapes

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The Bounty book cover

The Bounty

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Tiepolo's Hound book cover

Tiepolo's Hound

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