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Wole Soyinka

Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature. Fecund playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic.

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Born 1934

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  • Cover of: The man died: prison notes of Wole Soyinka

    First published in 1972 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Death and the king's horseman.

    Cover of edition deathkingshorsem00soyi Cover of edition deathkingshorsem00wole Cover of edition deathkingshorsem0000soyi First published in 1975 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Ake: The Years of Childhood

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  • Cover of: Aké: the years of childhood

    Cover of edition akyearsofchild00soyi First published in 1981 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The interpreters.

    First published in 1965 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Season Of Anomy

    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1971 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Jero plays

    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: You must set forth at dawn: memoirs

    First published in 2007 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: World Masterpieces

    Cover of edition literature00pren Cover of edition literatureworldm00 First published in 1991 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The lion and the jewel

    First published in 1962 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Bacchae of Euripides: a communion rite.

    First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The road: [a play]

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Idanre, & other poems

    First published in 1967 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Ibadan: the penkelemes years : a memoir: 1946-1965

    First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (The W.E.B. Dubois Institute Series)

    Cover of edition opensoreofcontin00soyi First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara

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  • Cover of: Art, dialogue, and outrage: essays on literature and culture

    First published in 1988 — 4 editions
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Born 1934

Subjects

Drama, Nigerian Authors, Biography, Politics and government, Social life and customs, History, Drama (dramatic works by one author), History and criticism, Nigerian drama (English), Fathers and sons, Soyinka, wole, 1934-, English literature, Fiction, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Black authors, Civilization, Criticism and interpretation, African literature, African literature, history and criticism, Family relationships, Literature, Africa, civilization, Family, Poetry, Social conditions

Places

Nigeria, Africa, Carthage, Italy, Lagos (Nigeria), Milan, Naples, Sub-Saharan Africa

People

Wole Soyinka, Wole Soyinka (1934-), Essay, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), "Essay.", Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Bola Ige, Caliban, Ceres, D. O. Fagunwa, Demas Nwoko, Elesin, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Iris, Juno, Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-), Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001), Miranda, Prospero, Sebastian, Sycorax

Time

20th century, 1960-, 1946, 1960-1975, 1984-1993, 1993-, 1993-2007, 20e siècle, 21st century

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Alternative names

  • Wole Soyinka
  • Soyinka Wole
  • SOYINKA WOLE
  • Wole. 1934- Soyinka
  • WOLE SOYINKA
  • Soyinka
  • Soyinka-W
  • Wole, editor and introduction by Soyinka
  • Wole Wole Soyinka
  • W. Soyinka
  • Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka

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