Derek Walcott appointed professor of poetry - at Essex University
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott turns his back on Oxford University to take up a poetry professorship at the University of Essex
Following the most ferocious scandal the poetry world has experienced for years, during which favourite Derek Walcott withdrew from the race for the Oxford poetry professorship, he is next year to be made professor of poetry after all: but at the University of Essex, rather than Oxford.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 11 December, 2009
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