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Wole Soyinka

1934 - Today

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Wole Soyinka , (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two translated works and many articles and short stories for many newspapers and periodicals. He is widely regarded as one of Africa's greatest writers and one of the world's most important dramatists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wole Soyinka is the 832nd most popular writer (up from 905th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Nigeria and the most popular Nigerian Writer.

Wole Soyinka is most famous for his work as a poet, novelist, and playwright. He has written more than 20 books and has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wole Soyinka ranks 832 out of 7,302. Before him are Alain-René Lesage, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Kobayashi Issa, John Bunyan, and Bacchylides. After him are Derek Walcott, John Dos Passos, L. Ron Hubbard, Miroslav Krleža, Antonio Machado, and Stesichorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Wole Soyinka ranks 54. Before him are Niklaus Wirth, Alan Arkin, Lansana Conté, John L. Hall, Albert Speer, and Carlo Rubbia. After him are Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Yasuo Takamori, John Surtees, Masao Uchino, Jonas Savimbi, and C. N. R. Rao.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 2 out of 309. Before him are Sade (1959). After him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Dr. Alban (1957), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Chinua Achebe (1930), Francis Arinze (1932), Hugo Weaving (1960), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Fela Kuti (1938), and Usman dan Fodio (1754).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 1. After him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Sefi Atta (1964), and Chris Abani (1966).

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