Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Akinwande_Oluwole_Babatunde_Soyinka

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gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Ibadan gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkbp:arrested	political activism
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award gptkb:Emmy_Award gptkb:Agip_Prize_for_Literature gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Federal_Republic_(Nigeria) gptkb:Enrico_Mattei_Award gptkb:Europe_Theatre_Prize gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Niger
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Olaokun_Soyinka
gptkbp:dateOfBirth	1934-07-13
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	gptkb:literature gptkb:theatre political activism
gptkbp:firstAfricanNobelLaureateInLiterature	true
gptkbp:founded	gptkb:Pyrates_Confraternity
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:poetry autobiography drama prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka
gptkbp:imprisonedAt	gptkb:Nigerian_Civil_War
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Yoruba_culture Western literature
gptkbp:language	English Yoruba
gptkbp:lecturedAt	gptkb:Cornell_University gptkb:Emory_University gptkb:Harvard_University gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Ghana gptkb:University_of_Oxford gptkb:University_of_Sheffield gptkb:Yale_University gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town gptkb:University_of_Ibadan gptkb:Loyola_Marymount_University gptkb:University_of_Leeds gptkb:Obafemi_Awolowo_University gptkb:University_of_Lagos gptkb:University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas gptkb:University_of_Jos gptkb:University_of_Ife
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Pyrates_Confraternity
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:NobelPrizeCountry	gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	gptkb:literature 1986
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:A_Dance_of_the_Forests gptkb:A_Shuttle_in_the_Crypt gptkb:Death_and_the_King's_Horseman gptkb:Madmen_and_Specialists gptkb:Season_of_Anomy gptkb:The_Lion_and_the_Jewel gptkb:Aké:_The_Years_of_Childhood The Man Died
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:poet gptkb:professor essayist literary criticism novelist playwright
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Grace_Eniola_Soyinka gptkb:Samuel_Ayodele_Soyinka
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:Abeokuta,_Nigeria
gptkbp:religion	atheism
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Folake_Doherty gptkb:Oluwatoyin_Soyinka
gptkbp:subjectOf	numerous critical studies
gptkbp:yearsActive	1957–present
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4