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Derek Walcott Collection: Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC34

Scope and Contents

This is one series of the Derek Walcott collection.

Dates

  • 1957-1993

Biographical / Historical

Derek Walcott is a St. Lucian poet and dramatist of international repute. He attended The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and lived for many years in Trinidad and Tobago, where he founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. His literary output has won him many outstanding international awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.

Extent

2 Linear Feet ( boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The first set of material acquired comprised the illustrations and set drawings for the Joker of Seville. The second installment, a substantial collection (manuscripts of plays, poems, correspondence, scraps books, photographs), covers the period when Walcott was based in Trinidad and Tobago and the establishment and activity of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, as well as much of his poetry and prose up to 1981. The third set of material acquired consists of the manuscripts for the poem Omeros.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection at UWI St. Augustine was purchased from Walcott in two tranches. In 1999 the University of Toronto acquired the literary papers relating to Walcott's poetic, theatrical and prose writings from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Existence and Location of Originals

Derek Walcott Papers; Also located at: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.

Existence and Location of Originals

General

The collection was accepted for inclusion in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in November 1997. This reflects its exceptional value and calls for it to be protected for the benefit of all humanity.

Title
Derek Walcott Collection: Photographs
Status
Completed
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Repository Details

Part of the The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Repository

Contact:
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
868-662-2002 Ext 82132
868-662-9238 (Fax)