Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka
Rođenje	13. srpnja 1934. Abeokuta, Nigerija
Zanimanje	pjesnik, dramski pisac, romanopisac
Nacionalnost	Nigerijac
Nagrade ::: Nobelova nagrada za književnost 1986.

Wole Soyinka (Abeokuta, 13. srpnja 1934.), nigerijski književnik.

Nakon pripremnih studija 1954. na Državnom sveučilištu u Ibadanu, nastavio je na Sveučilištu u Leedsu, gdje je kasnije, 1973. godine i doktorirao.

Na Soyinku kao dramatičara najviše je utjecao irski pisac J. M. Synge, ali i tradicionalno afričko narodno kazalište s kombinacijom plesa, glazbe i pokreta. U svojim dramama i romanima često je povezivao mitologiju vlastitog plemena, Yoruba, sa svakidašnjim temama. Nekoliko puta je bio zatvaran, a većina njegovih djela bila su zabranjivana u Nigeriji.

Godine 1986. dobio je Nobelovu nagradu za književnost.

Djela

• "Stanovnici močvare" (The Swamp Divellers),
• "Lav i dragulj" (The Lion and the Jewel),
• "Iskušenja brata Jeroa" (The Trials of Brother Jero),
• "Jeroova preobrazba" (Jero's Metamorphosis),
• "Ples šuma" (A Dance of the Forests),
• "Konigijeva žetva" (Kongi's Harvest),
• "Snažni soj" (The Strong Breed),
• "Cesta" (The Road, 1965.),
• "Smrt i kraljev konjušar" (Death and the King's Horseman, 1975.),
• "Euripidova Bakhe" (The Bacchae of Euripides, 1973.),
• "Igra divova" (A Play of Giants, 1984.),
• "Rekvijem za futurologa" (Requiem for a Futurologist, 1985.),
• "Tumači" (The Interpreters, 1965.),
• "Doba bezvlašća" (Season of Anomy, 1973.).

Literatura

• James Gibbs (1980). Critical Perspective on Wole Soyinka (Critical Perspectives). Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-914478-49-2. 
• Eldred Jones (1987). The Writing of Wole Soyinka. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435080-21-1. 
• M. Rajeshwar (1990). Novels of Wole Soyinka. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. ISBN 978-8-185218-21-2. 
• Derek Wright (1996). Wole Soyinka : Life, Work, and Criticism. York Press. ISBN 978-1-896761-01-5. 
• Gerd Meuer (2008). Journeys around and with Kongi - half a century on the road with Wole Soyinka: a pan-afropean or pan-eurafrican book. Reche. ISBN 978-3-929566-73-4. 
• Bankole Olayebi (2004), WS: A Life In Full, Bookcraft; biography of Soyinka.
• Mpalive-Hangson Msiska (2007), Postcolonial Identity in Wole Soyinka (Cross/Cultures 93). Amsterdam-New York, NY: Editions Rodopi B.V. ISBN 978-9042022584
• Yemi D. Ogunyemi (2009), The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka. ISBN 1-60836-463-1

Vanjske veze

• "Raven Black short film" adaptation of Wole Soyinka's famous poem, Telephone Conversation, 2014
• "Biography: Wole Soyinka", Nobel Prize profile, 1986
• "Wole Soyinka" Profile, Presidential Lectures, Stanford University
• Maya Jaggi, "Profile: Ousting monsters", The Guardian, 2 November 2002
• Uchenna Izundu, "Inspiring Nigeria's political dawns", BBC, September 2007.
• Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka: Darfur Crisis 'A Blot on the Conscience of the World'" Arhivirano 2007-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u, Democracy Now! 18 April 2006.
• Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New Memoir" Arhivirano 2007-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u, Democracy Now! 18/19 April 2006.
• Dave Gilson, "Wole Soyinka: Running to Stand Still", Mother Jones, July/August 2006.
• Paul Brians, "Study guide for The Lion and the Jewel, The Trials of Brother Jero, and Madmen and Specialists Arhivirano 2011-04-10 na Wayback Machine-u", Washington State University.
• "The Climate of Fear", Soyinka's Reith Lectures, BBC, 2004.
• Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, " The Essential Soyinka", African Writing Online, No. 7.
• "Wole Soyinka - Ake: The Years of Childhood", World Book Club, BBC World Service, 29 May 2007.