Derek Alton Walcott Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC (born 23 January 1930) 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. His works include the Homeric epic poem, Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." In addition to having won the Nobel, Walcott has won many literary awards over the course of his career including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry White Egrets.
Peter Walcott, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Anna Walcott-Hardy
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
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His play, "The Dream on Monkey Mountain," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Production.
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He was awarded the 1970 OBIE Award for Distinguished Playwriting for "The Dream on Monkey Mountain" on off-Broadway in New York City.
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Has three children: Peter, Elizabeth, and Anna.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Original Musical Score for "The Capeman," his lyrics with music by Paul Simon.
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Awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. First West Indies native to receive this award.
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 419-430. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
United States of Poetry
1995
TV Mini-Series documentary poem
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
Documentary post-production
Himself - Interviewee: Writer
Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott
2013
Documentary
Himself
L'hora del lector
2009
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
1998
TV Series
Himself - Guest
United States of Poetry
1995
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Bouillon de culture
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Arena
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself - Subject
...And the Pursuit of Happiness
1986
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
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Status
Character
The 50 Year Argument
2014
Documentary
Himself - Contributor
Won Awards
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Nomination
Movie
1992
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize
"for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a ... More
Known for movies
United States of Poetry (1995) as Writer
...And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) as Himself
Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott (2013) as Himself
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot as Himself - Interviewee: Writer
$17 Million
