CULTURETECHLENSWole Soyinka
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Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986; he was born 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; he is best known as a playwright and also works in poetry, novels and essays.
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Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986; he was born 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; he is best known as a playwright and also works in poetry, novels and essays.
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- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1986/soyinka/facts/ (verification source · master store)
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Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986; he was born 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; he is best known as a playwright and also works in poetry, novels and essays.
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