| LC control no. | n 80038437 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9387.9.S6 |
| Personal name heading | Soyinka, Wole |
| Variant(s) | شوينكا، وولي 渥雷・索因卡 Shoĭinka, Vole Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole Wolei Suoyinka |
| Associated country | Nigeria Great Britain United States |
| Birth date | 1934-07-13 |
| Place of birth | Abeokuta (Nigeria) |
| Field of activity | Literature |
| Affiliation | University of Ife Obafemi Awolowo University Government College (Ibadan, Nigeria) University College (Ibadan, Nigeria) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Dramatists Novelists Critics |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | His Five plays, 1964. Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1934) Yu zhong shi chao, 2003: t.p. (渥雷・索因卡 = Wolei Suoyinka; Wole Soyinka) p. 4 of cover, etc. (b. July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, [Nigeria]; poet; playwright; novelist; critic; Nobel Laureate in literature, 1986) Wikipedia, Jan. 31, 2014 (Wole Soyinka; Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka; Yoruba: Wọle Ṣoyinka, pron. "Shoyinka"; studied in Nigeria and the UK; escaped from Nigeria during the Abacha regime, lived mainly in the U.S., prof. at Cornell and Emory Universities; returned to Nigeria in 1999 with restoration of civilian rule; has also taught at Oxford, Harvard and Yale; prof. of comparative literature, Obafemi Awolowo Univ. (then called Univ. of Ife) 1975-1999, made prof. emeritus upon his return) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed September 15, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Soyinka, Wole; Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka; dramatist, poet, fiction writer, essayist; born 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; started writings while at the Government College, Ibadan; attended University College, Ibadan; graduated from Leeds University, England (1958); returned home; arrested, trialed, and acquitted (1965); arrested again (1967); self-imposed exile (1971) for about four years; the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; perceived as a member of the Nigerian establishment or ruling circles (1970-1980); friend of the military dictator Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida) |
| Associated language | eng |
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