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Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:15 pm
Derek Walcott wins T.S. Eliot Prize
Posted by: Courtney Jones

81-year-old Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott beat out Seamus Heaney to win the T.S. Elliot Prize for poetry. He will take home a $24,000 cash prize for his work, White Egrets. Visit The Telegraph website for more on his win.

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