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BIOGRAPHY
Derek Alton Walcott, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Castries, Saint Lucia. His father, a Bohemian watercolourist, died when he was young. His mother ran the town's Methodist school. He was educated at St. Mary's College on Saint Lucia and the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. He worked as a teacher on several Caribbean islands from 1953 to 1957 and later worked as Professor of Poetry at the University of Boston. He has also worked as a journalist for PUBLIC OPINION and the Trinidad GUARDIAN.
Walcott made his debut as a poet at 18 with TWENTY FIVE POEMS. His works deal with the conflict between European and West Indian cultures and identities, written in both English and the West Indian dialect. With IN A GREEN NIGHT, published in 1964, he gained widespread recognition. Walcott has published more than 15 books of poetry and 30 plays.
CHRONOLOGY
1930
He was born in Castries, Saint Lucia.
1948
25 POEMS
1949
EPITAPH FOR THE YOUNG, XII CANTOS
1950
He founded the Saint Lucia Arts Guild.
1951
POEMS
1952
HARRY DERNIER
1953
He moved to Trinidad.
1958
He studied theater in New York.
1959
He founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop.
1962
IN A GREEN NIGHT, POEMS 1948-60
1964
SELECTED POEMS
1965
THE CASTAWAY AND OTHER POEMS
1969
THE GULF AND OTHER POEMS
1970
DREAM ON MONKEY MOUNTAIN AND OTHER PLAYS
1973
ANOTHER LIFE
1976
SEA GRAPES
1978
THE JOKER OF SEVILLE & O BABYLON!
1979
THE STAR-APPLE KINGDOM
1980
REMEMBRANCE & PANTOMINE: TWO PLAYS
1981
SELECTED POETRY, THE FORTUNATE TRAVELLER; He moved to Boston, Massachusetts
1983
THE CARIBBEAN POETRY OF DEREK WALCOTT, AND THE ART OF ROMARE BEARDEN
1984
MIDSUMMER
1986
COLLECTED POEMS 1948-1984, THREE PLAYS
1987
THE ARKANSAS TESTAMENT
1990
OMEROS
1992
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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