Artists and artisans come together at the Faculty of Fine Art to make masks and floats for the Pohela Boishakh procession
Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott dies in St Lucia
Poet Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, died at his home in St Lucia on Friday aged 87, a spokesman for his publisher said.
Published : 17 March 2017, 05:43 PM
Updated : 17 March 2017, 05:43 PM
Jeff Seroy, a spokesman for publisher Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, said St. Lucia-born Walcott died shortly after 5 a.m. on Friday. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Seroy said Walcott had been ill for some time and had recently returned home from a hospital stay.
His longtime companion, Sigrid Nama, was with him at the time of his death, Seroy said.
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