Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka; CFR
	Soyinka in 2018
Born	Akínwándé Olúwolé Babátúndé Sóyíinká; 13 July 1934 (age 89); Abeokuta, Southern Region, British Nigeria
Occupation	Author; poet; playwright;
Alma mater	Government College, Ibadan; Abeokuta Grammar School; University College, Ibadan; University of Leeds;
Period	1957–present
Genre	Drama; novel; poetry;
Subject	Comparative literature
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature ; 1986 ; Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature ; 1990 ; Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award ; 2009 ; Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement ; 2012 ; Europe Theatre Prize - Special Prize ; 2017 ;
Spouse	; Barbara Dixon (m. 1958, divorced) ; Olaide Idowu (m. 1963, divorced) ; Folake Doherty (m. 1989)
Children	10, including Olaokun
Relatives	Ransome-Kuti family

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka CFR (/ˈwoʊleɪ sɔɪˈ(j)ɪŋkə, - ʃɔɪˈ-/ WOH-lay s(h)oy-(Y)ING-kə; Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé "Wọlé" Ṣóyíinká, pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]; 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",^[2] the first sub-Saharan African to win the Prize in literature.^[3]^[a]

^ Wasson, Tyler; Gert H. Brieger (1 January 1987). Nobel Prize Winners: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1. The University of Michigan, US. p. 993. ISBN 9780824207564. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 | Wole Soyinka". NobelPrize.org. The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^ Ahmed, Abiy (9 December 2019). "Africa's Nobel Prize winners: A list". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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[1] Wasson, Tyler; Gert H. Brieger (1 January 1987). Nobel Prize Winners: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1. The University of Michigan, US. p. 993. ISBN 9780824207564. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[2] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 | Wole Soyinka". NobelPrize.org. The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

[3] Ahmed, Abiy (9 December 2019). "Africa's Nobel Prize winners: A list". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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Wole Soyinka CFR
Soyinka in 2018
Born	Akínwándé Olúwolé Babátúndé Sóyíinká^[1] (1934-07-13) 13 July 1934 (age 89) Abeokuta, Southern Region, British Nigeria
Occupation	Author poet playwright
Alma mater	Government College, Ibadan Abeokuta Grammar School University College, Ibadan University of Leeds
Period	1957–present
Genre	Drama novel poetry
Subject	Comparative literature
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature 1990 Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award 2009 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement 2012 Europe Theatre Prize - Special Prize 2017
Spouse	Barbara Dixon (m. 1958, divorced) Olaide Idowu (m. 1963, divorced) Folake Doherty (m. 1989)
Children	10, including Olaokun
Relatives	Ransome-Kuti family