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1992
Nobel Prize in Literature 1992

Derek Walcott

St. Lucia

Derek Walcott received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, making them laureate number 89 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are the only writer from St. Lucia to have won the prize.

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