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Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)

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Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

Sir Derek Alton Walcott OM was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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January 23

Day of the year

January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 342 days remain until the end of the year.
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