Soyinka

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award
gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Agip_Prize_for_Literature
gptkb:Enrico_Mattei_Award_for_Humanities
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Akinwande_Oluwole_Babatunde_Soyinka
gptkbp:children gptkb:Olaokun_Soyinka
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1934-07-13
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
drama
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soyinka
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Yoruba_culture
Western literature
gptkbp:knownFor first African Nobel laureate in Literature
gptkbp:language English
Yoruba
gptkbp:movement postcolonial literature
African literature
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
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:placeOfBirth gptkb:Abeokuta,_Nigeria
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Folake_Doherty
gptkb:Oluwatoyin_Soyinka
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Emory_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Loyola_Marymount_University
gptkb:Obafemi_Awolowo_University
gptkbp:website http://www.soyinka.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oluwatoyin_Soyinka
gptkb:African_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5