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Biography
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He has also written two translated works and many articles and short stories for newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".
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Awards & recognition
- Golden Magnolia · 2023
- Europe Theatre Prize · 2017
- Weilheim Literature Prize · 2006
- honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII · 1996
- Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences · 1991
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- Benson Medal · 1990
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1986
- honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier-III · 1985
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1983
- Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, Civil Division
- honorary doctor of Harvard University
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- John Whiting Award
- Nigerian National Order of Merit Award
- Order of the Federal Republic
