Wole Soyinka
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| Wole Soyinka | |
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| Rođenje | 13. srpnja1934. Abeokuta,Nigerija |
| Zanimanje | pjesnik,dramski pisac,romanopisac |
| Nacionalnost | Nigerijac |
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Wole Soyinka(Abeokuta,13. srpnja1934.),nigerijskiknjiževnik.
Nakon pripremnih studija 1954. na Državnom sveučilištu uIbadanu,nastavio je na Sveučilištu uLeedsu,gdje je kasnije,1973.godine i doktorirao.
Na Soyinku kao dramatičara najviše je utjecao irski pisacJ. M. Synge,ali i tradicionalnoafričkonarodno kazalište s kombinacijom plesa, glazbe i pokreta. U svojimdramamairomanimačesto je povezivaomitologijuvlastitog plemena,Yoruba,sa svakidašnjim temama. Nekoliko puta je bio zatvaran, a većina njegovih djela bila su zabranjivana u Nigeriji.
Godine1986.dobio jeNobelovu nagradu za književnost.
- "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.).
- James Gibbs (1980).Critical Perspective on Wole Soyinka (Critical Perspectives).Three Continents Press.ISBN978-0-914478-49-2.
- Eldred Jones (1987).The Writing of Wole Soyinka.Heinemann.ISBN978-0-435080-21-1.
- M. Rajeshwar (1990).Novels of Wole Soyinka.Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division.ISBN978-8-185218-21-2.
- Derek Wright (1996).Wole Soyinka: Life, Work, and Criticism.York Press.ISBN978-1-896761-01-5.
- 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.ISBN978-3-929566-73-4.
- 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.ISBN978-9042022584
- Yemi D. Ogunyemi (2009),The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka.ISBN1-60836-463-1
- "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'"Arhivirano2007-11-15 naWayback 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"Arhivirano2007-11-15 naWayback 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 forThe Lion and the Jewel,The Trials of Brother Jero,andMadmen and SpecialistsArhivirano2011-04-10 naWayback 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.
