Derek Walcott's "Sea Grapes"




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Summary: <p><strong>Sir Derek Alton Walcott</strong>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Lucia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KCSL</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OBE</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Caribbean_Community" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OCC</a> (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saint Lucian</a> poet and playwright. He received the 1992 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nobel Prize in Literature</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> He was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alberta" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Alberta</a>'s first distinguished scholar in residence, where he taught undergraduate and graduate writing courses. He also served as Professor of Poetry at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Essex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Essex</a> from 2010 to 2013. His works include the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Homeric</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">epic poem</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeros" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Omeros</em></a> (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott#cite_note-pf-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obie_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obie Award</a> in 1971 for his play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_on_Monkey_Mountain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Dream on Monkey Mountain</em></a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MacArthur Foundation</a> "genius" award, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal Society of Literature</a> Award, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gold_Medal_for_Poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queen's Medal for Poetry</a>, the inaugural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCM_Bocas_Prize_for_Caribbean_Literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott#cite_note-bocas-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> the 2011 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot_Prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">T. S. Eliot Prize</a> for his book of poetry <em>White Egrets</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott#cite_note-Eliot-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_Poetry_Prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry</a> Lifetime Recognition Award in 2015.</p><br><p><strong>Bio via Wikipedia</strong></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>