Ben Okri
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize.
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- Born in
- Minna
- Educated at
- University of Essex
- Awards
- 🏆 Booker Prize🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Officer of the Order of the British Empire🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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1959
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