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Soyinka has received many accolades including the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature [5] and an extended list of honors and awards. He is a prolific writer of poetry, having written three poetry collections. Soyinka's successful acting and speaking career has included roles in numerous plays, films, television programs, and public talks.
Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially [1] to the best literary work produced by an African. It was established by the Lumina Foundation [2] in 2005 in honour of Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka, [1] who presents the prize, which is chosen by an international jury of literary figures. [3]
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The Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture Series was founded in 1994. It is dedicated "to honouring one of Nigeria and Africa's most outstanding and enduring literary icons: Wole Soyinka". [81] It is organised by the National Association of Seadogs. In 2011, the African Heritage Research Library and Cultural Centre built a writers' enclave in his honour.
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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".
Art, Dialogue, and Outrage: Essays on Literature and Culture (1988) From Drama and the African World View (1976) Myth, Literature, and the African World (1976) [7] The Blackman and the Veil (1990) [8] The Credo of Being and Nothingness (1991) The Burden of Memory – The Muse of Forgiveness (1999)
Image Laureate Country Comment 1986 Wole Soyinka Nigeria: First black man to win the Nobel Prize for Literature [3] 1992 Derek Walcott Saint Lucia: 1993 Toni Morrison United States: First black woman to win a Nobel Prize [4] 2021 Abdulrazak Gurnah United Kingdom: Gurnah moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee following the ...