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Ben Okri

Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-).

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Date of Birth

3/15/1959

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Booker Prize
 (1991)
For Work
:
The Famished Road
Point in Time
: 1991
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
 (1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Knight Bachelor

Given Name

Ben

Notable Work

The Famished Road
Starbook
Songs of Enchantment
Every Leaf a Hallelujah

Country of Citizenship

Nigeria
United Kingdom

Occupation

Writer
Journalist
Novelist
Author
Poet

Educated At

University of Essex
Academic Major
:
Comparative Literature

Place of Birth

Minna

Member Of

Royal Society of Literature
International PEN
 (1997)
Position Held
:
Vice President
Point in Time
: 1997
Royal National Theatre
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
 (2022)
Position Held
:
Vice President
Point in Time
: 2022

Influenced By

Francis Bacon
William Blake
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
Nigerian Pidgin
German

Described by Source

Dictionary of African Biography
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Sex or Gender

Male

Field of Work

Performing Arts

Family Name

Okri

Image

Eye Color

Brown

Hair Color

Black Hair

Genre

Postmodernism

Ethnic Group

Urhobo People
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