The process of poetry is one of excavation and of self-discovery.
Derek Walcott Quotes
The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins to sigh over, apart from the ruins of sugar estates and abandoned forts.
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| Birth: | 22nd January, 1930 |
| Nationality: | Trinidadian |
| Profession: | Poet, Professor, Playwriter |
About
Derek Alton Walcott is a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is currently Professor of poetry at the University of Essex.
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