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Derek Walcott, Poetry is an island, is a feature documentary film about Nobel laureate, poet, playwright, and visual artist, Derek Alton Walcott (1930). The film depicts an intimate portrait of Walcott, as we visit his art studio, his childhood home, and his current residence in St. Lucia.
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Sir Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OM OCC (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." [2]
Derek Walcott was born on 23 January 1930 in Castries, Saint Lucia. He was a writer and director, known for Haytian Earth (1984), The English Programme (1976) and The Fist (2017). He was married to Norline Metivier, Margaret Ruth Maillard, Fay Moston and Sigrid Nama.
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Sep 21, 2013 · As a poet, playwright, painter and even filmmaker, Derek Walcott has been hymning the Caribbean for over 60 years. This documentary presents an intimate portrait of him, set in his beloved native island St. Lucia.
- Ida Does
- 2013-09-21
- Documentary
- Derek Walcott
Synopsis. Derek Walcott, Literature Nobel Laureate has traveled the world while remaining closely connected to his beloved island St. Lucia. As a poet, playwright, painter and even...
Mar 17, 2017 · Derek Walcott (1930-2017): On watching the Ramleela in Trinidad and other fragments of epic memory The text of the 1992 Nobel Prize acceptance speech of the St Lucia-born poet and playwright.
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Apr 19, 2023 · Produced by The Courtauld’s Decolonising Action Groups, this Open Courtauld film explores the exhibition Peter Doig: Etchings for Derek Walcott, which presents for the first time a series...
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