Wole Soyinka | |
---|---|
Born | Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka[1] 13 Julie 1934 Abeokuta, Nigerie Pertectorate (nou Ogun State, Nigerie) |
Thrift | Author, poet, playwricht |
Naitionality | Nigerian |
Period | 1957–Present |
Genre | Drama, Novel, poetry |
Subject | Comparative leeteratur |
Notable awairds | Nobel Prize in Leeteratur 1986 Academy o Achievement Gowden Plate Awaird 2009 |
Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akinwándé Oluwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyinká, pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩká]; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerie playwricht an poet. He wis awairdit the 1986 Nobel Prize in Leeteratur,[2] the first African tae be honored in that category.