| Walcott
Biographical Overview |
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| • | Born
on Caribbean island St. Lucia, part of |
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| British
West Indies (gained independence in |
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| 1979) |
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| • | Product
of Caribbean’s hybrid culture— |
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| French,
British, Indian, African |
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| • | Mixed
ethnic background—descended from |
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| both
white colonialists and African slaves |
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| • | Won
Nobel Prize for Literature (1992) |
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