Wole Soyinka

Nobel Prize in Literature 1986

“who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 for works that, in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones, fashion the drama of existence.

Field

Literature · Literature

Lifespan

1934–