Wole Soyinka
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals.
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- Born in
- Ogun State
- Educated at
- University of LondonUniversity of LeedsUniversity of IbadanAbeokuta Grammar School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Literature🏆 Weilheim Literature Prize🏆 Order of the Federal Republic🏆 Europe Theatre Prize🏆 John Whiting Award
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