Oluwole Soyinka

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award
gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Agip_Prize_for_Literature
gptkb:Enrico_Mattei_Award
gptkb:Europe_Theatre_Prize
gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Federal_Republic
gptkbp:countryOfCitizenship gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1934-07-13
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Akinwande_Oluwole_Babatunde_Soyinka
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
drama
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oluwole Soyinka
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Ben_Okri
gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:Yoruba_religion
Sophocles
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:PEN_International
gptkb:Pyrates_Confraternity
gptkbp:movement postcolonial literature
African literature
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:You_Must_Set_Forth_at_Dawn
The Man Died
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
gptkb:professor
essayist
novelist
playwright
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Grace_Eniola_Soyinka
gptkb:Samuel_Ayodele_Soyinka
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Abeokuta
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:signature Wole Soyinka signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Folake_Doherty
gptkb:Oluwatoyin_Soyinka
gptkbp:subjectOf Wole Soyinka: A Life in Full
Wole Soyinka: Critical Perspectives
gptkbp:website https://www.woleysoyinka.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ijebu_Ode_Grammar_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6