Wole Soyinka

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born

July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

influences

Yoruba mythology, Eugene O'Neil

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Awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that "in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."

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Books by Wole Soyinka

Average rating: 3.77 · 1,915 ratings · 205 reviews · 75 distinct works

	Death and the King's Horseman 3.69 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Aké: The Years of Childhood 3.82 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Lion and the Jewel 3.67 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Interpreters 3.62 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions	My rating:
	You Must Set Forth at Dawn 4.05 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka 3.97 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Collected Plays 2 {The Lion and the Jewel; Kongi's Harvest; The Trials of Brother Jero; Jero's Metamorphosis; Madmen and Specialists} 3.89 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Trials of Brother Jero & The Strong Breed 3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Collected Plays: Volume 1 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1973	My rating:

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Quotes by Wole Soyinka

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”
― Wole Soyinka

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“Romance is the sweetening of the soul,
With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.”
― Wole Soyinka, Lion and the Jewel

tags: heart , romance , soul

12 people liked it

“Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.”
― Wole Soyinka

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