1992年度诺贝尔文学奖得主德勒克·沃尔柯特,于1930年出生于加勒比海西印度群岛中的云圣卢西亚岛,他本人具有英国、非洲与荷兰血统,使用英语、法语、西班牙语以及本地土语,并且深受欧洲文化传统的影响。因此,他的诗是“多元文化作用下的产物”,瑞典文学院在颁奖辞中指出:“沃尔柯特在他的文学作品中为他的文化环境定了位,并通过它们向我们每一个人说话。” Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Laureate in Literature, was born in 1955 in Santa Croce on the Caribbean island of West Indies. He has English, African and Dutch roots in English, French, Spanish Language and local language, and by the European cultural traditions. His poem, therefore, is “a product of multiculturalism,” and in his presentation speech, the Swedish Academy pointed out: “Walcott has set a place for his cultural environment in his literary works and, through them, Talk to one person. ”