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Wole Soyinka. "Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akinwándé Oluwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyinká, pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩŋká]; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honoured in that category."
Sep 28, 2021 · A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MUST READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR. "Though his work has spanned multiple genres—poetry, plays, memoirs and essays— [Soyinka's] new novel manages to chart fresh territory. . . .
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Jul 15, 2021 · To celebrate Soyinka’s 87th birthday, here is a guide to his full-length published works, categorized by genre. It comprises 25 plays, 10 essay collections, seven poetry collections, five memoirs, three novels, and two translated works. (Publishers’ synopses appear in quotes.)
Wole Soyinka’s books. Average rating: 3.76 · 14,640 ratings · 1,513 reviews · 235 distinct works • Similar authors. More books by Wole Soyinka… Series by Wole Soyinka. INTERVENTIONS (11 books) by. Wole Soyinka. 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings. Quotes by Wole Soyinka (?) “The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” ― Wole Soyinka.
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Oct 23, 1989 · Paperback – October 23, 1989. A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. Aké: The Years of Childhood gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké.
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He was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1986) and two of his works, the play Death and the King’s Horseman and Aké: Years of Childhood, an autobiographical account of his childhood, have recently been listed in Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.
