
Wole Soyinka (1934–)
- Wole Soyinka was born in 1934 in Nigeria.
- He was a Nigerian playwright and poet.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986. He is the first African to be honoured in that catagory
His famous plays: The Lion and the Jewel, A Dance of the Forests, The Invention, The Swamp Dwellers, The Strong Breed, Death and the King's Horseman King Baabu.
His famous novels: The Interpreters, Season of Anomy.
Short stories : A Tale of Two, Egbe's Sworn Enemy.
Poetry collections: Idanre, A Shuttle in the Crypt.
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