Biography
Nigerian writer. Awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-07-13 (90 years old)
Birth Place
Ogun State, Nigeria
Height
Children
Olaokun Soyinka
Mother
Grace Eniola Soyinka
Siblings
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka
Citizenships
Nigeria
Awards
John Whiting Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Nigerian National Order of Merit Award, Benson Medal, Europe Theatre Prize, Order of the Federal Republic, Weilheim Literature Prize, honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier-III, honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII, Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize in Literature
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