Wole Soyinka

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Nigerian writer Nobel laureate in Literature essayist human playwright poet

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist who became the first African laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, renowned for his powerful critiques of political oppression and exploration of Yoruba culture.

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Wole Soyinka canonical 5
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka 1
Oluwatoyin Adebisi Soyinka 1

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instanceOf Nigerian writer ⓘ
Nobel laureate in Literature ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
alive true ⓘ
awardReceived Nigerian National Order of Merit Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Order of the Federal Republic ⓘ
causeOfImprisonment civil war mediation efforts during the Nigerian Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-07-13 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Ibadan ⓘ
surface form: University College Ibadan

University of Leeds ⓘ
employer Cornell University ⓘ
Emory University ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo University ⓘ
Obafemi Awolowo University ⓘ
surface form: University of Ife
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
familyName Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Soyinka
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
satire ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Akinwande ⓘ
Babatunde ⓘ
Oluwole ⓘ
hasChild Ilemakin Soyinka ⓘ
Moremi Soyinka-Onijala ⓘ
Olaokun Soyinka ⓘ
Peyibomi Soyinka-Airewele ⓘ
imprisonedBy Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian military government
influenced African dramatists ⓘ
postcolonial writers ⓘ
influencedBy Yoruba mythology ⓘ
classical Greek tragedy ⓘ
knownFor critiques of political oppression ⓘ
exploration of Yoruba culture ⓘ
opposition to military dictatorship in Nigeria ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
movement African literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
name Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka
NobelPrizeMotivation for his wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1986 ⓘ
notableWork A Dance of the Forests ⓘ
Aké: The Years of Childhood ⓘ
Death and the King’s Horseman ⓘ
Kongi’s Harvest ⓘ
Madmen and Specialists ⓘ
Season of Anomy ⓘ
The Interpreters ⓘ
The Lion and the Jewel ⓘ
The Man Died: Prison Notes ⓘ
The Road ⓘ
You Must Set Forth at Dawn ⓘ
periodOfImprisonment 1967-1969 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Abeokuta ⓘ
positionHeld playwright-in-residence ⓘ
professor ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Nigeria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
spouse Folake Doherty ⓘ
Laide Soyinka ⓘ
Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oluwatoyin Adebisi Soyinka

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Dayton Literary Peace Prize → notableWinner → Wole Soyinka ⓘ
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → notableRecipient → Wole Soyinka ⓘ
University of Ibadan → hasAlumni → Wole Soyinka ⓘ
Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award → hasNotableRecipient → Wole Soyinka ⓘ
Wole Soyinka → name → Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka
Wole Soyinka → familyName → Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soyinka
Wole Soyinka → spouse → Wole Soyinka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oluwatoyin Adebisi Soyinka
J. P. Clark → contemporaryWith → Wole Soyinka ⓘ