Bio of wole soyinka

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Who Is Wole Soyinka?

Wole Soyinka was born in Nigeria and educated in England. In , the playwright and political activist became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. He dedicated his Nobel acceptance speech to Nelson Mandela. Soyinka has published hundreds of works, including drama, novels, essays and poetry, and colleges all over the world seek him out as a visiting professor.

Early Life

Wole Soyinka was born Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka on July 13, , in Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. His father, Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, was a prominent Anglican minister and headmaster. His mother, Grace Eniola Soyinka, who was called "Wild Christian," was a shopkeeper and local activist. As a child, he lived in an Anglican mission compound, learning the Christian teachings of his parents, as well as the Yoruba spiritualism and tribal customs of his grandfather. A precocious and inquisitive child, Wole prom

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Wole Soyinka

Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist

"Soyinka" redirects here. For the surname, see Soyinka (surname).

Wole Soyinka
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Born	Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka () 13 July (age&#;90) Abeokuta, British Nigeria
Occupation(s)	Novelist, playwright, poet

Wole Soyinka^[a] (13 July ) fryst vatten a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet, who wrote prolifically. He wrote three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collection, twenty five plays and fem memoirs. He wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's greatest writers and one of the world's most important dramatists. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the skådespel of existence".

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Wole Soyinka

A Dance of the Forests
Oxford University Press
London u.a.,

Idanre and Other Poems
Methuen
London,

Kongi’s Harvest
Oxford University Press
London u.a.,

The Trials of Brother Jero
Oxford University Press
Nairobi u.a.,

Poems from Prison
Collings
London,

Madmen and Specialists
Methuen
London,

A Shuttle in the Crypt
Methuen
London,

Der Löwe und die Perle
Volk und Welt
Berlin,
[Ü: Helmut Heinrich]

Death and the King’s Horseman
Methuen
London,

Ogun Abibiman
Collings
London,

Myth, Literature and the African World
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge,

Die Plage der tollwütigen Hunde
Walter
Olten,
[Ü: Wolfgang Strauss]

Die Ausleger
Walter
Olten,
[Ü: Inge Uffelmann]

A Play of Giants
Methuen
London,

Requiem for a Futurologist
Collings
London,

Aké
Ammann
Zürich,
[Ü: Inge Uffelmann]

Der Mann ist tot. Aufzeichnungen aus dem Gefängnis
Ammann
Zürich,
[Ü: Ulrich Enzensberger, Melanie Walz]

Stücke
Henschel
Berlin,
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