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Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian writer born in 1934 who has become one of Africa's most influential literary figures. His work in drama, poetry, and prose has earned him international recognition, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him a major voice in African letters and global literature.
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Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (1934) is a Nigerian author and poet. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 and was appointed the "Goodwill Ambassador" for UNESCO. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wole+Soyinka">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Listen; born 13 July 1934) 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 has also written two translated works and many articles and short stories for newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
Born into an Anglican Yoruba family in Aké, Abeokuta, Soyinka had a preparatory education at Government College, Ibadan and proceeded to the University College Ibadan. During his education, he co-founded the Pyrate Confraternity. Soyinka left Nigeria for England to study at the University of Leeds. During that period, he was the editor of the university's magazine, The Eagle, before becoming a full-time author in the 1950s. In the UK, he started writing short stories and making records for the BBC Lecture series. He wrote many plays which were performed on radios and in theatres in Nigeria and the UK, especially the Royal Court Theatre.
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