Editing Derek Walcott (section)

==Personal life==
In 1954 Walcott married Fay Moston, a secretary, and they had a son, the St. Lucian painter Peter Walcott. The marriage ended in divorce in 1959. Walcott married a second time to Margaret Maillard in 1962, who worked as an [[almoner]] in a hospital. Together they had two daughters, [[Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw]] and Anna Walcott-Hardy, before divorcing in 1976.<ref>[http://www4.guardian.co.tt/news/2017-03-18/world-mourns "Sir Derek loses battle with kidney disease | World mourns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403010324/http://www4.guardian.co.tt/news/2017-03-18/world-mourns |date=3 April 2019 }}, ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'', 18 March 2017.</ref> In 1976, Walcott married for a third time, to actress Norline Metivier; they divorced in 1993. His companion until his death was Sigrid Nama, a former art gallery owner.<ref name=als/><ref name=iww>{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|date=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857432176|page=1760|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&pg=PA1760|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Haynes|first1=Leanne|title=Interview: Peter Walcott|url=http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/2013/08/peter-walcott/|access-date=5 April 2017|work=ARC Magazine|date=2 August 2013|archive-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171952/http://arcthemagazine.com/arc/2013/08/peter-walcott/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="LofStL">{{cite news|last1=Wroe|first1=Nicholas|title=The laureate of St Lucia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/02/poetry|work=The Guardian|date=2 September 2000|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=8 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808090352/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/02/poetry|url-status=live}}</ref>

Walcott was known for his passion for traveling, visiting countries around the world. He split his time between New York, Boston, and St. Lucia, and incorporated the influences of different locations into his pieces of work.<ref name=pf/>