Derek Walcott, OBE, is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1992, the Mac Arthur Foundation Fellowship, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize, 2011 for his collection of poems White Egrets, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
Derek Walcott, OBE
Author
St. Lucia
Awards
2011 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Overall Winner2011 T. S. Eliot Prize WinnerOCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean LiteratureT. S. Eliot Prize
Years Attended
2015 Adult’s Festival Participant
