The country that I was coming from, the island I was in, hadn't been written about, really. So I thought that I virtually had it all to myself, including the language that was spoken there, which was a French Creole, and a landscape that is not recorded, really, and the people.
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"The country that I was coming from, the island I was in, hadn't been written about, really. So I thought that I virtually had it all to myself, including the language that was spoken there, which was a French Creole, and a landscape that is not recorded, really, and the people." — Derek Walcott
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The country that I was coming from, the island I was in, hadn't been written about, really. So I thought that I virtually had it all to myself, including the language that was spoken there, which was a French Creole, and a landscape that is not recorded, really, and the people. — Derek Walcott
About Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott was a Poet from Saint Lucia (1930–2017).
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This quote is attributed to Derek Walcott, a Poet from Saint Lucia.
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Derek Walcott lived from 1930 – 2017.