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Wole Soyinka [a] (13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collection, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals.
Soyinka in 2018. The works of the Nigerian author Wole Soyinka encompass autobiography, plays, poetry, and teleplays. He has also had an active directing, acting, and speaking career. He is best known for his plays, especially the early plays that were performed in the Royal Court Theatre, where he worked as a play reader. [1]
You Must Set Forth at Dawn is an autobiographical work by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright, poet and political activist Wole Soyinka. [1] [2] [3] In this compelling memoir, Soyinka provides an intimate glimpse into his life as an adult, detailing his experiences in and out of Nigeria during some of the nation's most tumultuous periods.
"Madmen and Specialists was the first play by Soyinka after he was released from prison" - this is a sudden revelation. You should add context by saying when this was, and why he was in prison. "He is a prolific writer of poetry, who wrote three poetry collections" => "He is a prolific writer of poetry, having written three poetry collections"
Wole Soyinka; The Pyrates Confraternity went on to become the only confraternity on Nigerian campuses for almost twenty years. [4] Membership into the confraternity was open to students who were bright academically regardless of their tribe or religion. [5] To date, over 25,000 people have belonged to the organization at various stages. [6]
When Soyinka was awarded, he became the first African laureate. [2] He was described as one "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence". Reed Way Dasenbrock writes that the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Soyinka is "likely to prove quite controversial and thoroughly deserved".
This is a list of works by Wole Soyinka. Plays. Keffi's Birthday Treat (1954) The Invention (1957) ... Short stories. A Tale of Two (1958) Egbe's Sworn Enemy (1960)
Wole Soyinka CFR (born Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language.He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence", the first sub-Saharan African to win the Prize in literature.