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Wole Soyinka

Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka

Nigerian writer (born 1934).

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Award Received

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Nobel Prize in Literature

(1986)

Award Rationale

: som i ett brett kulturellt perspektiv och med poetiska övertoner gestaltar tillvarons drama

Award Rationale

: who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence

: 1986

: 2,000,000 Swedish krona

Nigerian National Order of Merit Award

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

(1983)

: 1983

(1990)

: 1990

Honorary Doctor of Harvard University

Weilheim Literature Prize

(2006)

: 2006

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

(1991)

: 1991

Doctor Honoris Causa at University of Bayreuth

Honorary Doctorate From Princeton University

Order of the Federal Republic

John Whiting Award

Europe Theatre Prize

(2017)

: 2017

Honorary Doctorate From the University of Paris-VII

(11/20/1996)

: 11/20/1996

Honorary Doctorate From the University of Montpellier-III

(1985)

: 1985

Golden Magnolia

(2023)

: 2023

Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, Civil Division

: unknown value

Date of Birth

7/13/1934

Educated At

University of Leeds

University of Ibadan

University of London

Abeokuta Grammar School

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Harvard University

University of Lagos

Cornell University

Yale University

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Emory University

New York University

Loyola Marymount University

University of Oxford

Ethnic Group

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

:Шойинка Воле

Dictionary of African Biography

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Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference

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Archives At

Leeds University Library

Inventory Number

:BC MS 20c Soyinka

Official Website

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Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Royal Society of Literature

Child

Olaokun Soyinka

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Nigerian Pidgin

Mother

Grace Eniola Soyinka

Sex or Gender

Writing Language

British English

Field of Work

Performing Arts

Position Held

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Sibling

Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka

Official Website

https://www.wolesoyinkafoundation.org/

Native Language

Name in Native Language

Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká

Given Name

Spouse

Folake Doherty Soyinka

(1989)

: 1989

Notable Work

Season of Anomy

The Interpreters

Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

Harmattan Haze on an African Spring

The Lion and the Jewel

Relative

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Josiah Ransome-Kuti

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