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

Sir Derek Alton Walcott OM was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.

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 outstanding work in an idealistic direction". Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize.

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