Soyinka, Wole
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Name (Hebrew)
סויינקה, וולה
Name (Latin)
Soyinka, Wole
Name (Arabic)
شوينكا، وول، 1934-
Name (Cyrilic)
Шойинка, Воле
Date of birth
1934-07-13
Place of birth
Abeokuta (Nigeria)
Associated country
Great Britain
Nigeria
United States
Field of activity
Literature
Occupation
Critics
Dramatists
Novelists
Poets
Université Jean-Moulin. Centre de recherche sur les idées et les transferts interculturels
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- LCN: B. 1934
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Wole Soyinka in 2018
Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Soyinka Festivaletteratura 2019.jpg
Rei Momo, Public domain
File:WoleSoyinka2015.jpg
Geraldo Magela/Agência Senado, CC BY 2.0
File:Wole Soyinka in 2018.jpg
Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka ( WOH-lay s(h)oy-(Y)ING-kə; Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé "Wọlé" Ṣóyíinká, pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence", the first sub-Saharan African to win the Prize in literature. In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu renamed the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday.
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