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Okwui Enwezor

1963 - 2019

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Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. Enwezor served as artistic director of several major exhibitions, including Documenta11 (2002) and the 2015 Venice Biennale, becoming the first non-European and African-born curator to lead both. He was director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst from 2011 to 2018. Enwezor was also the founding editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art and held numerous academic appointments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Okwui Enwezor is the 6,841st most popular writer (up from 6,978th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 114th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Among writers, Okwui Enwezor ranks 6,841 out of 7,302. Before him are Heston Blumenthal, Donna Williams, Susan Faludi, Arnon Grunberg, Brannon Braga, and David X. Cohen. After him are Elaine Showalter, Nahed Hattar, Julie Plec, Jo Walton, Gregory Colbert, and Robert Bridges.

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Among people born in 1963, Okwui Enwezor ranks 742. Before him are Robert Seguso, Valery Levaneuski, Libor Pimek, Marty Natalegawa, Donna Williams, and Silvio Martinello. After him are Peter Schiff, Sonia Pierre, Petra Schneider, Alexis Jenni, Jeff Hornacek, and Vicenç Pagès. Among people deceased in 2019, Okwui Enwezor ranks 586. Before him are Frederico Rosa, Robert Hunter, Sandie Jones, Al Alvarez, D. C. Fontana, and Ram Jethmalani. After him are Jorge Hernández, John Dingell, Viktor Manakov, Anthoine Hubert, Heidi Mohr, and Catherine Burns.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 108 out of 309. Before him are Omos (1994), Brown Ideye (1988), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), Augustine Eguavoen (1965), Fela Sowande (1905), and Tiwa Savage (1980). After him are Ikechukwu Uche (1984), Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Julius Aghahowa (1982), Haruna Babangida (1982), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), and Victor Obinna (1987).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 9. Before him are Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Ben Okri (1959). After him are Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Sefi Atta (1964), Chris Abani (1966), and Helen Oyeyemi (1984).

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