Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate, was a poet and playwright deeply engaged with myth and its intersection with culture. His work, developed independently of contemporary literary movements, is marked by exceptional luminosity and historical vision. He often reimagined classical epics in new contexts, forging connections between Caribbean identity and universal human experiences. Walcott's plays and poems stand as testament to his lifelong commitment to exploring the complexities of a multicultural experience.
A collaboration between one of the world's most eminent poets, Nobel Prize- winner Derek Walcott, and one of its most coveted painters, Peter Doig. Through a long-standing friendship and creative affinity the two great artists have together produced a stunning full-colour book of fifty paintings and original poems.
and his late masterpieces, like the tender 'Sixty Years After,' from the 2010 collection White Egrets. Across sixty-five years, Walcott has grappled with the themes that have defined his work as they have defined his life: the unsolvable riddle of identity;
"A new play by Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott, exploring the fraught friendship between master painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin"--
Aus Anlass der Verleihung des Preises der Stadt für Internationale Poesie 2013 an den Nobelpreisträger Derek Walcott und seinen deutschen Übersetzer Werner von Koppenfels erscheint dieses Buch mit Texten zu Walcott u. a. von Joseph Brodsky und Nico Bleutge sowie der Nobelpreisrede Walcotts und einer Auswahl von Gedichten aus dem prämiierten Band „Weiße Reiher“.
This new collection showcases the profound work of a pivotal twentieth-century poet, highlighting their innovative style and thematic depth. Readers can expect a rich exploration of human experience, emotion, and the complexities of life, all delivered with striking language and imagery. The collection promises to resonate with both long-time fans and new readers, offering fresh insights into the poet's enduring legacy and artistic vision.
Focuses on such characteristic subjects as: the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, the Western artistic tradition, the blessings and withholdings of old Europe (Andalucia, the Mezzogiorno, Amsterdam), the unaccomodating sublime of the new world, time's cunning passages, and more.
Queen and Country was created by Steve McQueen in response to his 2003 commission by the Imperial War Museum's Art Commissions Committee to create a work in response to the war in Iraq. Inspired by the dedication and selflessness of the servicemen and women he met in Basra in 2003, McQueen devised the concept that each of the soldiers killed in the conflict be commemorated on official postage stamps. Using images selected by the families of the deceased, full sheets of stamps, one per soldier with their name and date of death, are displayed in vertical sliding drawers contained in an oak cabinet. Neither for nor against the war, Queen and Country, McQueen's dignified and moving response to his commission as war artist, is a work of personal tribute and commemoration. This commemorative book featuring 160 service men and women has been published on the occasion of the display of the work at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 20 March - 18 July 2010.
Hostina života je první sbírkou karibského básníka, která vychází česky. V básních Dereka Walcotta, ovlivněných historií evropské kolonializace západoindické kultury i rodinnou minulostí potomka někdejších otroků, se prolínají odkazy k anglické básnické tradici se symbolikou a imaginací, jež čerpají z vnitřního umělcova světa i jeho karibských kořenů.V roce 1992 byla tomuto básníkovi, dramatikovi a malíři udělena Nobelova cena "za poetické dílo neobyčejné zářivosti opírající se o historickou vizi, jež vychází z multikulturní angažovanosti."Derek Walcott dokázal přetvořit rodnou kulturu, historii a společnost v mýtus dnešní doby, epos, který se stal nedílnou součástí dějin západní literatury.
Výber z poézie nositeľa Nobelovej ceny za literatúru. Básne do tejto knihy zo súborného diela vybrala a preložila Jana Kantorová-Báliková. Sú plné krásnej nostalgie a nesú pečať ostrovov, z ktorých autor pochádza. Knihu sprevádzajú farebné olejomaľby Daniela Brunovského, ktoré podčiarkujú celkovú náladu diela. Kniha vychádza bilingválne t. j. v anglickej pôvodine a slovenskom preklade.
Derek Walcott's late masterpiece begins with an autumn train journey, triggering an inner exploration across diverse landscapes from Greenwich Village to the Alps and beyond. Central to this journey is the image of his homeland, St. Lucia, as Walcott weaves an epic that contrasts exhausted Europe with the new world, where the wanderer seeks to reclaim his poetic identity.