Wole Soyinka (born Akinwande Oluwole) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright novelist, essayist and humanitarian. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his groundbreaking works that fuse literature and politics, Western and African traditions.
Wole Soyinka (born Akinwande Oluwole) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright novelist, essayist and humanitarian.
He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his groundbreaking works that fuse literature and politics, Western and African traditions.
In 1994, he was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights, freedom of expression, media and communication.
Soyinka is emeritus professor at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, President’s Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and non-resident fellow at the Du Bois Institute, Harvard University.
While encouraging young writers to look within their own cultures for idioms of expression, he says: "The ultimate lesson is just sit down and write.”
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