The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992

Derek Walcott

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

Prize share: 1/1

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 was awarded to Derek Walcott "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"

To cite this section
MLA style: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Thu. 28 Sep 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1992/summary/>

Back to top Back To Top Takes users back to the top of the page

Coming up

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 2–9 October. All announcements will be streamed live here on nobelprize.org.

See the full schedule
Announcement dates

Explore prizes and laureates

Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.