Derek Alton Walcott
1930 - 2017
General Information
Bio
(1930-2017) Poet. Derek Walcott was born in Castries, St. Lucia, and died near Gros Islet, St. Lucia. He studied directing with Jose Quintero in New York for a year. Mr. Walcott visited Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, some 25 times between 1978 and 2014.
Full Name
Derek Alton Walcott
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1930
BIRTH
Derek Alton Walcott was born in Castries, St. Lucia, on January 23, 1930.
1958
OTHER
Mr. Walcott studied theater and directing in New York from 1958 to 1959.
1962
LITWORK
In A Green Night: Poems 1948-1960
Jonathan Cape
Collection of poetry.
Jonathan Cape
Collection of poetry.
1965
LITWORK
The Castaway
Jonathan Cape
0224610147 / 978-0224610148
Poetry.
Jonathan Cape
0224610147 / 978-0224610148
Poetry.
1969
LITWORK
The Gulf and Other Poems
Jonathan Cape
0224617222 / 978-0224617222
Poetry.
Jonathan Cape
0224617222 / 978-0224617222
Poetry.
1971
LITWORK
Dream On Monkey Mountain
Play.
Play.
1973
LITWORK
Another Life
Jonathan Cape
022400882X / 9780224008822
Poetry.
Jonathan Cape
022400882X / 9780224008822
Poetry.
1976
LITWORK
Sea Grapes
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374255245 / 978-0374255244
Poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374255245 / 978-0374255244
Poetry.
1978
OTHER
Derek Walcott visited Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, at the invitation of Professor Robert Bensen some 25 times between 1978 and 2014, reading from his work and conducting workshops in both poetry writing and acting. After Hartwick's Director of Theatre Duncan Smith arranged for Walcott to visit a January Term acting class, he wrote a play for Hartwick students to perform, "The Ghost Dance," in 1989, which went far in the American College Theatre Festival competition. He facilitated Professor Bensen's January Term class in West Indian literature, including their travel to St. Lucia and Trinidad. After he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, he came to Hartwick and read to an audience of 400 people. Following his death, many former students recounted their experience in his workshops and expressed appreciation for the care and rigor of his work with them. Some credit their pursuit of their vocation in poetry to him. Hartwick College awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1991, and at Commencement that year he read "The Season of Phantasmal Peace."
1979
LITWORK
The Star-Apple Kingdom
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
0374269742 / 978-0374269746
Collection of poetry.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
0374269742 / 978-0374269746
Collection of poetry.
1981
LITWORK
The Fortunate Traveller
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
0374157650 / 978-0374157654
Collection of poetry.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
0374157650 / 978-0374157654
Collection of poetry.
1984
LITWORK
Midsummer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374208840 / 978-0374208844
Poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374208840 / 978-0374208844
Poetry.
1986
LITWORK
Collected Poems 1948-1984
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374126267 / 978-0374126261
Poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374126267 / 978-0374126261
Poetry.
1987
LITWORK
The Arkansas Testament
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374105820 / 978-0374105822
Poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374105820 / 978-0374105822
Poetry.
1990
LITWORK
Omeros
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374225915 / 978-0374225919
Epic poem.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374225915 / 978-0374225919
Epic poem.
1993
LITWORK
The Antilles
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374105308 / 978-0374105303
Nobel Prize speech.
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374105308 / 978-0374105303
Nobel Prize speech.
1997
LITWORK
The Bounty
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374115567 / 978-0374115562
Poetry.
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374115567 / 978-0374115562
Poetry.
1998
LITWORK
What the Twilight Says: Essays
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374288410 / 978-0374288419
Essays.
Farrar Straus Giroux
0374288410 / 978-0374288419
Essays.
2000
LITWORK
Tiepolo's Hound
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374105871 / 978-0374105877
Collection of poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374105871 / 978-0374105877
Collection of poetry.
2002
LITWORK
Walker and The Ghost Dance
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374528144 / 978-0374528140
Plays.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374528144 / 978-0374528140
Plays.
2004
LITWORK
The Prodigal
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374530165 / 978-0374530167
Poetry.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374530165 / 978-0374530167
Poetry.
2007
LITWORK
Selected Poems
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374260664 / 978-0374260668
Poetry.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374260664 / 978-0374260668
Poetry.
2010
LITWORK
White Egrets: Poems
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
0374289298 / 978-0374289294
Poetry.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
0374289298 / 978-0374289294
Poetry.
2014
LITWORK
The Poetry Of Derek Walcott: 1948-2013
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374125619 / 978-0374125615
Poetry.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374125619 / 978-0374125615
Poetry.
2016
LITWORK
Morning, Paramin
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374213429 / 978-0374213428
Poetry.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374213429 / 978-0374213428
Poetry.
2017
DEATH
Derek Walcott died at his home near Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on March 17, 2017.
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