Dec 26, 2009

The Poetry of Walcott | The Poetry of Walcott

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Author: Derek Walcott
First Published: 1948
Type of Work: Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Subjects: Culture, History, Language or languages, Memory, Traveling or travelers, Caribbean, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Self, Exile or expatriates, Developing countries, Islands, Home, Castaways, Separation

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, Derek Walcott is a major figure of contemporary literature. Scion of both the Anglo-European and the Afro-Caribbean heritage, he has conducted a lifelong struggle to integrate the divided self engendered by the duality of his legacy. Dedicated to art as a means of coming to terms with the colonial and postcolonial conditions of the Caribbean, Walcott has braved controversies and labored furiously to define himself as a citizen of the New World while maintaining vital links with the Old. Writing as both a West Indian and an American, he...

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The Poetry of Walcott | The Poetry of Walcott

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