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. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."
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A culture, we all know, is made by its cities. Go to Quote / Comment
The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. Go to Quote / Comment
I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars. Go to Quote / Comment
Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic. Go to Quote / Comment