Saint Lucia honors Nobel Laureates at annual wreath laying ceremony

Saint Lucians from both the public and private sectors ascended Morne Fortune for the annual wreath-laying ceremony held on the grounds of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College at the graves of the nation’s two Nobel Laureates. Both Sir William Arthur Lewis, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979, and Sir Derek Walcott, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, are buried on the grounds of the tertiary institution. The ceremony was held on the occasion of the shared birthday of both men, January 23.