Omeros

A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. (FromFarrar, Straus and Giroux)

DerekWalcottwasa poet from St. Lucia in the Caribbean. He was the first Caribbean writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he was awarded in 1992. He diedin2017, at the age of 87.

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Interviews with Derek Walcott

Writers and Company52:07"The Prodigal" with poet Derek Walcott

Our Sunday summer of Nobel Prize winners continues with the 1992 winner poet Derek Walcott. From his Homeric evocation of the fishermen of his native St Lucia to "The Prodigal," his newest journey through the landscapes of Europe and the New World.