WhiteEgrets
byDerekWalcott
PoemsfromWalcottsTSEliot
prize-shortlistedcollection
BorninStLuciain,DerekWalcottstudiedattheUniversityCollegeoftheWestIndiesinKingston,Jamaica.HiscollectionofpoemsInaGreenNight:Poems-(),celebratingtheCaribbean,broughthimtopublicattention.Sincethenhehaspublishedmanyotherpoetrycollections.InOmeros(),anepicpoemandhismostambitiouswork,heinvokesthelivesandvoicesofthepeopleoftheCaribbeanthroughGreekmythandepic,drawingonHomersIliadandOdyssey.ThebookwontheWHSmithliteraryawardin.HisCollectedPoems-werepublishedin,andhewontheNobelprizeforliteraturein.HeisanhonorarymemberoftheAmericanAcademyandtheInstituteofArtsandLetters.(withtheintroductionbytheGuardian)
德里克·瓦尔科特年出生于圣卢西亚，在牙买加金斯敦西印度大学学院学习。他的诗集《在绿色的夜晚:诗歌-》()歌颂加勒比海，引起了公众的注意。从那以后，他出版了许多其他诗集。在欧梅罗斯()这部史诗和他最雄心勃勃的作品中，他通过希腊神话和史诗，借鉴荷马的《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》，唤起了加勒比海人民的生活和声音。这本书获得了年的怀特·史密斯文学奖。他的《-年诗集》于年出版，并于年获得诺贝尔文学奖。他是美国艺术学院和文学艺术学院的荣誉成员。(由《卫报》介绍)
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TheLostEmpire
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AndthentherewasnomoreEmpireallofasudden.Itsvictorieswereair,itsdominionsdirt:Burma,Canada,Egypt,Africa,India,theSudan.Themapthathadseepeditsstainonaschoolboysshirtlikeredinkonablotter,battles,longsieges.Dhowsandfeluccas,hillstations,outposts,flagsflutteringdowninthedusk,theirgoldenaegiswentoutwiththesun,thelastgleamonagreatcrag,withtiger-eyedturbanedSikhs,pennonsoftheRajtoasobbingbugle.Iseeitall
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