| Derek Walcott (b. 1930) was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1992, two years after the publication of his most ambitious and celebrated work to date, Omeros, an epic poem which draws on the Homeric tradition and relocates it in the voices and lives of the people of the Caribbean. His own experience of living in two cultures has been a powerful influence on his work; he grew up on the relatively isolated island of Saint Lucia, moved to Trinidad in his twenties, and now spends much of his time in the USA, where he teaches literature and creative writing at Boston University. This duality has brought a richness to his writing: he has deep roots in his native culture and at the same time takes possession of his rightful place within the English-speaking literary tradition. As Sean O'Brien has said, "Walcott is faithful to his origins while speaking to the world".
1 Prelude 1.25
2 A Far Cry from Africa 1.53
3 Ruins of a Great House 3.08
4 A Letter from Brooklyn 2.35
5 The Castaway 1.59
6 Codicil 1.38
7 Blues 1.25
8 From 'Another Life': "Verandahs, where the pages of the sea..." 3.11
9 Sea Grapes 1.03
10 Saint Lucie 4.45
11 Sea Canes 1.16
12 The Schooner Flight: 11.13
Section 1: Adios, Carenage
Section 8: Fight with the Crew
Section 10: Out of the Depths
Section 11: After the Storm
13 The Sea is History 3.34
14 The Saddhu of Souva 3.11
15 Forest of Europe 4.39
16 The Season of Phantasmal Peace 2.18
17 From 'Omeros': Section 1 - "This is how, one sunrise, we cut down..." 4.14
Total length of the recording 53.32
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