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Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC (born 23 January 1930) is a Saint Lucian- Trinidadian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Walcott – Biographical )〕 He is currently Professor of Poetry at the University of Essex. His works include the Homeric epic poem ''Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Walcott )〕〔 In addition to having won the Nobel, Walcott has won many literary awards over the course of his career, including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play ''Dream on Monkey Mountain'', a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature〔("Derek Walcott wins OCM Bocas Prize" ), ''Trinidad Express Newspapers'', 30 April 2011.〕 and the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry ''White Egrets''.〔Charlotte Higgins, ("TS Eliot prize goes to Derek Walcott for 'moving and technically flawless' work" ), ''The Guardian'', 24 January 2011.〕 ==Early life and education== Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies with a twin brother, the future playwright Roderick Walcott, and a sister, Pamela Walcott. His family is of African and European descent, reflecting the complex colonial history of the island which he explores in his poetry. His mother, a teacher, loved the arts and often recited poetry around the house.〔("Derek Walcott, The Art of Poetry No. 37" ), ''The Paris Review'' Winter 1986〕 His father, who painted and wrote poetry, died at age 31 from mastoiditis while his wife was pregnant with the twins Derek and Roderick, who were born after his death.〔 Walcott's family was part of a minority Methodist community, who felt overshadowed by the dominant Catholic culture of the island established during French colonial rule. As a young man Walcott trained as a painter, mentored by ( Harold Simmons ), whose life as a professional artist provided an inspiring example for him. Walcott greatly admired Cézanne and Giorgione and sought to learn from them.〔 Walcott's painting was later exhibited at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City, along with the art of other writers, in a 2007 exhibition named "The Writer's Brush: Paintings and Drawing by Writers".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Writer's Brush )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Writer's Brush; September 11th – October 27th, 2007 )〕 He studied as a writer, becoming “an elated, exuberant poet madly in love with English” and strongly influenced by modernist poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.〔("Derek Walcott" ), Poetry Foundation.〕 Walcott had an early sense of a vocation as a writer. In the poem "Midsummer" (1984), he wrote: Forty years gone, in my island childhood, I felt that the gift of poetry had made me one of the chosen, that all experience was kindling to the fire of the Muse.〔 At 14, Walcott published his first poem, a Miltonic, religious poem in the newspaper, ''The Voice of St Lucia.'' An English Catholic priest condemned the Methodist-inspired poem as blasphemous in a response printed in the newspaper.〔 By 19, Walcott had self-published his two first collections with the aid of his mother, who paid for the printing: ''25 Poems'' (1948) and ''Epitaph for the Young: XII Cantos'' (1949). He sold copies to his friends and covered the costs.〔("Derek Walcott" ), Academy of American poets〕 He later commented, I went to my mother and said, 'I’d like to publish a book of poems, and I think it’s going to cost me two hundred dollars.' She was just a seamstress and a schoolteacher, and I remember her being very upset because she wanted to do it. Somehow she got it—a lot of money for a woman to have found on her salary. She gave it to me, and I sent off to Trinidad and had the book printed. When the books came back I would sell them to friends. I made the money back.〔The influential Bajan poet Frank Collymore critically supported Walcott's early work.〔 With a scholarship, he studied at the University College of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Walcott – British Council Literature )〕 Personal life Derek Walcott married Fay Moston, a secretary, but the marriage lasted only a few years and ended in divorce. Walcott married a second time to Margaret Maillard, who worked as an almoner in a hospital, but that also ended in divorce. In 1976, Walcott then married to Norline Metivier, which just like the previous two, ended in a breakup. Walcott is also known for his passion for traveling to different countries around the world. He splits his time between New York, Boston, and St. Lucias, where he incorporates the influences of different areas into his pieces of work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derek Walcott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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