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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist
"Soyinka" redirects here. For the surname, see Soyinka (surname).
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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 ) is 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 five 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 drama of existence".
Born into an Anglican Yoruba family in Aké, Abeokuta, Soyinka had a preparatory education at&#;Government College, Ibadan and proceeded to the University College Ibadan. During his education, he founded the&#;Pyrate Confraternity. Soyinka left Nigeria for England to study at the University of Leeds. During that period, he was the editor of the university's magazine, The Eagle, before becoming a fu
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Early Life
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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,
[Ü: Joachim Fiebach]
Art, Dialoge and Outrage. Essays on Literature and Culture
New Horn Press
Ibadan,
Die Strasse
Fischer
Frankfurt/Main,
[Ü: Olga und Erich Fetter]
Diese Vergangenheit muss sich ihrer Gegenwart stellen. Eine Rede
Ammann
Zürich,
[Ü: Inge Uffelmann]
Mandela’s Earth and Oth