Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Akinwande_Oluwole_Soyinka
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:politics
human rights
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Nigerian_government
1967
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_for_Humanities
gptkbp:birthDate 1934-07-13
gptkbp:birthPlace Abeokuta
gptkbp:children gptkb:Olaokun_Soyinka
gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:criticizedFor corruption
Nigerian military regimes
gptkbp:detentionDuration 27 months
gptkbp:detentionReason alleged involvement in Biafran conflict
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:literature
gptkb:theatre
political activism
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Akinwande_Oluwole_Babatunde_Soyinka
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
autobiography
drama
essay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Yoruba_culture
Western literature
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Pyrates_Confraternity
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1986
in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence
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
novelist
playwright
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Grace_Eniola_Soyinka
gptkb:Samuel_Ayodele_Soyinka
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Folake_Doherty
gptkb:Oluwatoyin_Soyinka
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Emory_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:Obafemi_Awolowo_University
gptkbp:website http://www.wole-soyinka.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5