Wole Soyinka: - Full name: Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, (born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria). - Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. - His family belongs to the Yoruba people, whose culture has influenced his works. - After studying in Nigeria and the UK, he worked at a theatre in London.
Major Works: - “A Dance of the Forests” - “A Shuttle in the Crypt” - “Art, Dialogue, and Outrage” - “Death and the King’s Horseman” - “Kongi’s Harvest” - “Myth, Literature, and the African World” - “Season of Anomy” - “The Interpreters” - “The Lion and the Jewel” - “The Trials of Brother Jero” - “You Must Set Forth at Dawn”