Wole Soyinka was awarded Nobel Prize 1986 in Literature "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."
Nationality Nigeria
Institution Hutchins Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge
Award 1986
Discipline Literature
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1986 in Literature "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."
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