Derek Walcott

Biography

Derek Walcott received the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature. His recent books include The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 (FSG, 2014) and White Egrets (FSG, 2010). He has received a MacArthur Foundation “genius” award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, a Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, and a T. S. Eliot Prize. He teaches poetry at Essex University.