Description
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986
About the Author
Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934. Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012. A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.
Book Information
ISBN 9780413553508
Author Wole Soyinka
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 496g