Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott dies

Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott has died aged 87 at his home in the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a long illness, reports BBC quoting local media. He was regarded by critics as one of the greatest Caribbean poets. The writer's collections include In A Green Night: Poems 1948 - 1960 and his epic work, Omeros, which draws on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2011. His winning collection for the TS Eliot Prize, White Egrets, was called "a moving, risk-taking and technically flawless book by a great poet" by the judges.

Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott dies

Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott has died aged 87 at his home in the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a long illness, reports BBC quoting local media. He was regarded by critics as one of the greatest Caribbean poets. The writers collections include In A Green Night: Poems 1948 - 1960 and his epic work, Omeros, which draws on Homers Iliad and Odyssey. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2011. His winning collection for the TS Eliot Prize, White Egrets, was called a moving, risk-taking and technically flawless book by a great poet by the judges.