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Derek Walcott at home in Saint Lucia after he awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Derek Walcott
Died on March 17, 2017 at age 87
Mr. Walcott’s intricately metaphorical poetry captured the physical beauty of the Caribbean, the harsh legacy of colonialism and the complexities of living and writing in two cultural worlds, bringing him a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Notable Deaths 2017
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