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| Born | Akínwándé Olúwolé Babátúndé Sóyíinká, July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria Protectorate (now Ogun State, Nigeria) |
| Occupation | Author, poet, playwright |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | Abeokuta Grammar School, 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 |
| Relatives | Ransome-Kuti family |
About Wole Soyinka
Playwright Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria on July 13, 1934. He's 89 years old today.
He wrote A Dance of the Forests and the poetry collection The Ballad of the Landlord, and was the first African to earn the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Wole Soyinka before becoming famous
Wole Soyinka was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1934 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).
While in Abokuta Grammar School, he earned several prizes for his writing, and from 1952 to 1954, he attended University College in Ibadan.
Achievement of Wole Soyinka
During a civil conflict in Nigeria, he was imprisoned for 22 months and published a substantial amount of literature attacking the Nigerian government during that period.
Wole Soyinka's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
Samuel, his father, was an Anglican minister. He has five children with Folake Doherty-Soyinka, whom he married in 1989.
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In his Nobel acceptance speech in 1986, he dedicated his prize to South African freedom hero World Leader Nelson Mandela.
Wole Soyinka Income & Net worth
Wole Soyinka's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a playwright. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Wole Soyinka.
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