Derek Walcott

 

Derek Walcott

When:  Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 08:00pm

Where: 

Category:  2009-2010 Writers at Rutgers Reading Series


 

 

Admission: Free and open to the Rutgers community and the general public
The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing

Co-sponsored by

Department of American Studies
Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

Introduced by

Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel
Professor of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

Books
Biography

Derek Walcott is a Nobel Prize-winning poet who was born in Saint Lucia, a former British colony in the West Indies. Much of Walcott’s work deals with Island influences and his English and West Indian ancestry. In 1959, Walcott founded the non-profit Trinidad Theatre Workshop, which has since produced many of Walcott’s plays, as well a wider range of plays by other playwrights. He has published twenty-one collections of poetry and over twenty plays. His most recent publication was Selected Poems (2007), which draws from his publications over the last fifty years. His awards include a MacArthur “genius” grant, an Obie Award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, and the Queen’s Medal for Poetry. He is currently at work on his forthcoming poetry collection, White Egrets.

Other Information of Interest
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Sponsors

Department of English
Class of 1964
Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education
Department of American Studies
Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

Contact

Rhea Ramey, Assistant Director of Writers House | (732) 932-7380 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.