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Wole Soyinka

Africa's first Nobel Laureate in Literature. Fecund playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic.

Nigerian writer (born 1934)

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The man died: prison notes of Wole Soyinka

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1972 — 11 editions
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Death and the king's horseman.

by Wole Soyinka
First published in 1975 — 11 editions

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Ake: The Years of Childhood

by Wole Soyinka
First published in 1982 — 8 editions
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The interpreters.

by Wole Soyinka
First published in 1965 — 6 editions

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Aké: the years of childhood

by Wole Soyinka
First published in 1981 — 6 editions
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The Jero plays

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1973 — 5 editions

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Season of anomy: A novel

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1973 — 5 editions

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Madmen and specialists.

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1971 — 5 editions

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The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (The W.E.B. Dubois Institute Series)

by Wole Soyinka
First published in 1996 — 4 editions

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Idanre, & other poems

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1967 — 4 editions

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The interpreters.

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1965 — 4 editions

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Art, dialogue, and outrage: essays on literature and culture

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1988 — 4 editions
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Ibadan: the penkelemes years : a memoir: 1946-1965

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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Idanre: & other poems.

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1967 — 4 editions

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The road.

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1965 — 4 editions

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You Must Set Forth at Dawn

by Wole Soyinka and Bookcraft Ltd Staff First published in 2007 — 4 editions

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Africa39: new writing from Africa South of the Sahara

by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
First published in 2014 — 4 editions
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The lion and the jewel

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1962 — 4 editions

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Prentice Hall Literature: World Masterpieces

by Burton Beers, Anna Ahkmatova, Dante Alighieri, Yehuda Amichai, Margaret Atwood, Basho, Charles Baudelaire, Giovanni Boccaccio, Heinrich Böll, and 84 others
First published in 1991 — 4 editions
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The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite

by Wole Soyinka First published in 1973 — 4 editions

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Nigerian writer (born 1934)

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1934

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OLID: OL67096A
BookBrainz: 38bf2937-f2da-4cd1-b274-b53c76266489
GoodReads: 978
ISNI: 0000000122837862
IMDb: nm0816432
Library of Congress Names: n80038437
LibraryThing: soyinkawole
MusicBrainz: 4ddc5433-5baf-4183-99cb-48ea72173e2f
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV041781
VIAF: 105939176
Wikidata: Q41488
Inventaire.io: wd:Q41488

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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka

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