
Wole Soyinka
Dates:
1934-
Gender:
Male
Place of birth:
Nigeria
Biography
Nigerian Wole Soyinka is an award winning writer, poet, playwright and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature. After graduating from the Government College in Ibadan, Nigeria, Soyinka studied drama at the University of Leeds during the 1950s. Following his graduation he worked as a script-reader, actor, and director at the Royal Court Theatre before returning to Nigeria to study African drama. In 1960 he founded "The 1960 Masks", followed by the "Orisun Theatre Company" in 1964. Soyinka's career as a political activist in exile is inseparable from his writing which has earned him worldwide acclaim.
Productions
Publications
Title | Date | Publisher |
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The Invention and The Detainee | 2005 | Unisa Press |
King Baabu | 2002 | Methuen Drama |
Soyinka Plays 2 | 1999 | Methuen Drama |
Soyinka Plays 1 | 1998 | Methuen Drama |
The Trials of Brother Jero and The Strong Breed | 1992 | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Wole Soyinka Collected Plays: Volume 2 | 1974 | Oxford University Press |
Wole Soyinka Collected Plays: Volume 1 | 1973 | Oxford University Press |
The Lion and the Jewel | 1962 | Oxford University Press |
Critical sources
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