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Ben Okri

1959 - Today

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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Ben Okri is the 6,099th most popular writer (up from 6,277th in 2024), the 72nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 68th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ben Okri ranks 6,097 out of 7,302. Before him are Frances Power Cobbe, Dora Marsden, Gerhard Roth, and Stella Gibbons. After him are Roderick Thorp, Emilia Lanier, Mina Loy, Robinson Jeffers, Su Tong, Terence Rattigan, Ralf König, and Kevin Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ben Okri ranks 442. Before him are Richard Borcherds, Alessandro Barbero, Petar Rajič, Adriana Ozores, and Juan Barbas. After him are Jack Wagner, Wendy Smith-Sly, Eiríkur Hauksson, Lutz Dombrowski, Alan Taylor, Tshering Yangdon, and Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 72 out of 309. Before him are Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Celestine Babayaro (1978), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), and Victor Boniface (2000). After him are Peter Rufai (1963), Momodu Mutairu (1976), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Hauwa Ibrahim (1968), Michael Obiku (1968), and Fortunatus Nwachukwu (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Ben Okri ranks 8. Before him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), and Flora Nwapa (1931). After him are Okwui Enwezor (1963), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Amina Lawal (1973), Sefi Atta (1964), Chris Abani (1966), and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (null).

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