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Jul 13, 2012 · Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Wole Soyinka. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986. Born: 13 July 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Residence at the time of the award: Nigeria. Prize motivation: “who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”. Language: English.
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Biographical. Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at...
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Excerpt from Aké.The Years of Childhood (Pages 25-28) Mr...
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Interview with the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole...
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On Wole Soyinka from Pegasos Author’s Calendar ‘Writing,...
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The 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature Wole Soyinka reads his...
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Maduakor, Obi, Wole Soyinka : an Introduction to His...
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Wole Soyinka’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10,...
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Biographical. Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan, he continued at the University of Leeds, where, later, in 1973, he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England, he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court ...
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Reed Way Dasenbrock writes that the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Soyinka is "likely to prove quite controversial and thoroughly deserved". He also notes that "it is the first Nobel Prize awarded to an African writer or to any writer from the 'new literatures' in English that have emerged in the former colonies of the British Empire."
Aug 16, 2023 · Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, author, teacher and political activist. In 1986, he became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sep 29, 2024 · Wole Soyinka (born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria) is a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He sometimes wrote of modern West Africa in a satirical style, but his serious intent and his belief in the evils inherent in the exercise of power were usually evident in his work as well.
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Wole Soyinka. Prize share: 1/1. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 was awarded to Wole Soyinka "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence". To cite this section. MLA style: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024.
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Oct 17, 1986 · Oct. 17, 1986 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. PARIS —. Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, novelist and poet who searches for universal truths in his native Yoruba culture, won the Nobel Prize ...
