Derek Walcott: References & Edit History
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Robert D. Hamner, Derek Walcott, updated ed. (1993), traces Walcott’s life and works. Bruce King, Derek Walcott: A Caribbean Life (2000), is the first authorized literary biography. Stewart Brown (ed.), The Art of Derek Walcott (1991); Rei Terada, Derek Walcott’s Poetry: American Mimicry (1992); Robert D. Hamner (compiler and ed.), Critical Perspectives on Derek Walcott (1993, reissued 1997); Bruce King, Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama (1995, reissued 1997); and John Thieme, Derek Walcott (1999), are critical studies.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 19, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Black Past - Derek Walcott. | Feb 05, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Puerto Rico On-line Encyclopedia - Biography of Derek Walcott. | Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| He died in 2017. | Mar 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Derek Walcott. | Jun 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Derek Walcott. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Derek Walcott. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Description of White Egrets (2010) added. | Apr 08, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Philip Sidney. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of Derek Walcott. |
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May 11, 2007 | |
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 19, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Feb 23, 1999 |
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