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Born in January 23, 1930 / United States / English

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POETRY

  • 25 Poems, Guardian Commercial Printery (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), 1948.
  • Epitaph for the Young: XII Cantos, Barbados Advocate (Bridgetown, Barbados), 1949.
  • Poems, Kingston City Printery (Kingston, Jamaica), 1953.
  • In a Green Night: Poems, J. Cape (London, England), 1962, published as In a Green Night: Poems, 1948-1960, J. Cape (London, England), 1969.
  • Selected Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1964.
  • The Castaway, J. Cape (London, England), 1965.
  • The Gulf and Other Poems, J. Cape (London, England), 1969, published with selections from The Castaway as The Gulf: Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1970.
  • Another Life (long poem), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1973, 2nd edition published with introduction, chronology and selected bibliography by Robert D. Hammer, Three Continents Press (Washington, DC), 1982.
  • Sea Grapes, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Selected Verse, Heinemann (London, England), 1976.
  • The Star-Apple Kingdom, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1979.
  • The Fortunate Traveller, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1981.
  • Selected Poetry, selected, annotated, and introduced by Wayne Brown, Heinemann (London, England), 1981, revised edition, 1993.
  • The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott and the Art of Romare Beardon, Limited Editions Club (New York, NY), 1983.
  • Midsummer, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1984.
  • Collected Poems, 1948-1984, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1986.
  • The Arkansas Testament, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1987.
  • Omeros, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1990.
  • Collected Poems, Faber (London, England), 1990.
  • Poems, 1965-1980, J. Cape (London, England), 1992.
  • Derek Walcott: Selected Poems, Longman (London, England), 1993.
  • The Bounty, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Tiepolo's Hound, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2000.
  • The Prodigal (book-length poem), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2004.
  • Selected Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2007.
  • White Egrets, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2010.
Contributor of poems to numerous periodicals, including New Statesman, London Magazine, Encounter, Evergreen Review, Caribbean Quarterly, Tamarack Review, and Bim.
PLAYS
  • Cry for a Leader, produced in St. Lucia, 1950.
  • Senza Alcum Sospetto (radio play), broadcast 1950, produced as Paolo and Francesca, in St. Lucia, 1951.
  • (And director) Henri Christophe: A Chronicle in Seven Scenes (first produced in Castries, West Indies, 1950; produced in London, England, 1952), Barbados Advocate (Bridgetown, Barbados), 1950.
  • Robin and Andrea, published in Bim (Christ Church, Barados), 1950.
  • Three Assassins, produced in St. Lucia, West Indies, 1951.
  • The Price of Mercy, produced in St. Lucia, West Indies, 1951.
  • (And director) Harry Dernier: A Play for Radio Production (produced in Mona, Jamaica, 1952; radio play broadcast as Dernier, 1952), Barbados Advocate (Bridgetown, Barbados), 1952.
  • (And director) The Wine of the Country (produced in Mona, Jamaica, 1956), University College of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica), 1953.
  • The Sea at Dauphin: A Play in One Act (first produced in Mona, Jamaica, 1953; produced in Trinidad, 1954, London, England, 1960, New York, NY, 1978), Extra-Mural Department, University College of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica), 1954, also included in Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays (also see below).
  • Crossroads, produced in Jamaica, 1954.
  • (And director) The Charlatan, Walcott directed first production in Mona, Jamaica, 1954; revised version with music by Fred Hope and Rupert Dennison produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1973; revised version with music by Galt MacDermot produced in Los Angeles, 1974; revised version produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1977.
  • Ione: A Play with Music (first produced in Kingston, 1957), Extra-Mural Department, University College of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica), 1957.
  • Drums and Colours: An Epic Drama (first produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1958), published in Caribbean Quarterly, March-June, 1961.
  • (And director) Ti-Jean and His Brothers (first produced in Castries, St. Lucia, 1957; Walcott directed a revised version produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1958; produced in Hanover, NH, 1971; Walcott directed a production Off-Broadway at Delacorte Theatre, 1972; produced in London, 1986), included in Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays(also see below).
  • Malcauchon; or, The Six in the Rain (sometimes "Malcauchon" transliterated as "Malcochon"; one-act; first produced as Malcauchon in Castries, St. Lucia, 1959; produced as Six in the Rain, in London, England, 1960; produced Off-Broadway at St. Mark's Playhouse, 1969), Extra-Mural Department, University of West Indies (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), 1966, also included in Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays (also see below).
  • Jourmard; or, A Comedy till the Last Minute, first produced in St. Lucia, 1959; produced in New York, NY, 1962.
  • (And director) Batai (carnival show), produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1965.
  • (And director) Dream on Monkey Mountain (first produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1967; produced in Waterford, CT, 1969; and Off-Broadway at St. Mark's Playhouse, 1970), included in Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays (also see below).
  • (And director) Franklin: A Tale of the Islands, first produced in Georgetown, Guyana, 1969; Walcott directed a revised version produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1973.
  • Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays (contains Dream on Monkey Mountain, The Sea at Dauphin, Malcauchon; or, The Six in the Rain, Ti-Jean and His Brothers, and the essay "What the Twilight Says: An Overture"), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1970.
  • (And director) In a Fine Castle, (Walcott directed first production in Mona, Jamaica, 1970; produced in Los Angeles, CA, 1972), excerpt as Conscience of a Revolution published in Express (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), October 24, 1971.
  • The Joker of Seville (musical; music by Galt MacDermot; adaptation of the play by Tirso de Molina; first produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1974), included in The Joker of Seville and O Babylon!: Two Plays (also see below).
  • (And director) O Babylon! (music by Galt MacDermot; Walcott directed first production in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1976; produced in London, England, 1988), included in The Joker of Seville and O Babylon!: Two Plays (also see below).
  • (And director) Remembrance (three-act; Walcott directed first production in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, December, 1977; produced Off-Broadway at The Other Stage, 1979 ; and London, England, 1980), included in Remembrance & Pantomime: Two Plays (also see below).
  • The Snow Queen (television play), excerpt published in People(Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), April, 1977.
  • Pantomime (first produced in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1978; produced London, England, 1979, Washington, DC, 1981, and Off-Broadway at the Hudson Guild Theater, 1986), included in Remembrance & Pantomime: Two Plays (also see below).
  • The Joker of Seville and O Babylon!: Two Plays, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1978.
  • (And director) Marie Laveau (music by Galt MacDermot; first produced in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1979), excerpts published in Trinidad and Tobago Review (Tunapuna), 1979.
  • Remembrance & Pantomime: Two Plays, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1980.
  • Beef, No Chicken (Walcott directed first production in New Haven, CT, 1982; produced in London, England, 1989), included in Three Plays (also see below).
  • The Isle Is Full of Noises, first produced at the John W. Huntington Theater, Hartford, CT, 1982.
  • Three Plays (contains The Last Carnival, Beef, No Chicken, and A Branch of the Blue Nile), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Steel, first produced at the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1991.
  • The Odyssey: A Stage Version, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1993.
  • (With Paul Simon) The Capeman: A Musical (produced on Broadway at the Marquis Theater, December, 1997), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1998.
  • The Haitian Trilogy, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, NY), 2002.
Also author of the play To Die for Grenada.
OTHER
  • Henri Christophe: A Chronicle in Seven Scenes, Barbados Advocate (Bridgetown, Barbados), 1950.
  • Another Life: Fully Annotated, Lynne Rienner Publishers (Boulder, CO), reprinted with a critical essay and comprehensive notes by Edward Baugh and Colbert Nepaulsingh, 2004.
  • The Poet in the Theatre, Poetry Book Society (London, England), 1990.
  • The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory: The Nobel Lecture, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Conversations with Derek Walcott, edited by William Baer, University of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1996.
  • (With Joseph Brodsky and Seamus Heaney) Homage to Robert Frost, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1996.
  • What the Twilight Says (essays), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1998.
  • Walker and Ghost Dance, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2002.
CONTRIBUTOR
  • John Figueroa, editor, Caribbean Voices, Evans (London, England), 1966.
  • Barbara Howes, editor, From the Green Antilles, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1966.
  • Howard Sergeant, editor, Commonwealth Poems of Today, Murray (London, England), 1967.
  • O. R. Dathorne, editor, Caribbean Verse, Heinemann (London, England), 1968.
  • Anne Walmsley, compiler, The Sun's Eye: West Indian Writing for Young Readers, Longmans, Green (London, England) 1968.
  • Orde Coombs, editor, Is Massa Day Dead?, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1974.
  • D. J. Enright, editor, Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse, 1945-1980, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1980.
  • Errol Hill, editor, Plays for Today, Longman (London, England), 1985.
  • (Author of introduction) George Plimpton, editor, Latin American Writers at Work, Modern Library (New York, NY), 2003.
Also contributor to Caribbean Literature, edited by George Robert Coulthard; New Voices of the Commonwealth, edited by Howard Sergeant; and Young Commonwealth Poetry, edited by Peter Ludwig Brent. Some of Walcott's personal papers are housed at the University of the West Indies in Saint Augustine, Trinidad.