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His father, who painted and wrote poetry, died at age 31 from mastoiditis while his wife was pregnant with the twins Derek and Roderick, who were born after his death. Walcott&#8217;s family was part of a minority Methodist community, who felt overshadowed by the dominant Catholic culture of the island established during French colonial rule.<\/p>\n<p>As a young man Walcott trained as a painter, mentored by Harold Simmons, whose life as a professional artist provided an inspiring example for him. Walcott greatly admired C\u00e9zanne and Giorgione and sought to learn from them.<\/p>\n<p>Walcott studied as a writer, becoming \u201can elated, exuberant poet madly in love with English\u201d and strongly influenced by modernist poets such as T. S. 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