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T<\/SPAN>he 1992 Nobel Prize-winning Poet, Derek Walcott of the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia, will be at the Culture Hall of the National Theater next Wednesday April 30 at 8:00 p.m. where he will participate in the activities of the 11th International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2008. <\/P> Walcott\u2019s books are known to express many of the sentiments and human nature of the Caribbean people<\/P> Mr. Walcott\u2019s participation in the cultural event forms part of the special programming dedicated to the Association of Caribbean States (AEC), the Guest of Honor of this year\u2019s Book Fair. Author of numerous books that have been translated into many languages, Walcott\u2019s literary success is an honor to the entire Caribbean region in that his education and literary training all took place in the region. A professor of literature, Walcott received his degree at the University of West Indies, headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica. In Trinidad and Tobago, he founded the Trinidad Theater workshop which produced his first plays. Walcott\u2019s books are known to express many of the sentiments and human nature of the Caribbean people whose culture is a mixture of African, English and Dutch traditions. These are recurring themes in his poetry and plays. Among his most famous works are \u201cThe Star Apple Kingdom,\u201d \u201cOcean Grapes,\u201d \u201cAnother Life,\u201d \u201cArkansas Testament,\u201d \u201cWinter,\u201d and \u201cDream of the Winter Monkey.\u201d <\/P><\/TD><\/TR> Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott To Participate in the Book Fair The 1992 Nobel Prize-winning Poet, Derek Walcott of the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia, will be at the Culture Hall of the National Theater next Wednesday April 30 at 8:00 p.m. where he will participate in the activities of the 11th International Book Fair … Continue reading “Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott To Participate in the Book Fair”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDate of Publication: April 24, 2008 <\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"