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Derek Walcott
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Thursday Apr 1, 2010 (6pm)
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Directions: Chicago stop on the Brown or Red Lines
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“Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott is best known for his epic poem Omeros, a Homeric masterwork that traces a journey from the Caribbean across Africa, England, and the United States. Originally from the West Indies, Walcott addresses and explores the complexity of colonialism, weaving the aesthetic and the political with striking imagery, linguistic inventiveness, and magical realism throughout his ten books of poetry and original plays with the Trinidad Theater Workshop, which he founded. He'll be reading in part from his upcoming book, White Egrets.”
Monica Westin, Flavorpill
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Celebrate National Poetry Month!
Derek Walcott won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, with the Nobel committee citing his work as “a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment.” Prior to his appointment as Professor of Poetry at the University of Essex, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott divided his time between the United States and his native Saint Lucia. His work resonates with Western canon and island influences, sometimes even shifting between Caribbean patois and English, and often addressing his English and West Indian ancestry. He has published 10 books of poetry, including The Prodigal, The Bounty, and Omeros. His forthcoming collection is White Egrets. This event is co-sponsored with the Art Institute of Chicago.
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott talks to Weekend America about what it means to have a president who reads poetry.
