Wole Soyinka
- Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei ɛwɔAsantekasa mu
| bɔbeasu | male |
|---|---|
| ɔman a ofiri mu | Nigeria |
| name in native language | Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká |
| da a wɔwoo no | 13 Kitawonsa 1934 |
| beae a wɔwoo no | Ogun State |
| maamɛ | Grace Eniola Soyinka |
| sibling | Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka |
| child | Olaokun Soyinka |
| native language | Yoruba |
| languages spoken, written or signed | English,Nigerian Pidgin |
| writing language | British English |
| field of work | performing arts |
| dibea | UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador |
| educated at | University of Leeds,University of Ibadan,University of London,Abeokuta Grammar School |
| ethnic group | Yoruba people |
| archives at | Leeds University Library |
| member of | American Academy of Arts and Sciences,Royal Society of Literature |
| wɔn wɛbsaet | https:// wolesoyinkafoundation.org/ |
| documentation files at | SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts |
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde SoyinkaHon. FRSL (Yoruba:Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká;a wɔwoo noKitawonsabosome da a ɛtɔ so dummiɛnsa wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduasa-nan mu(1934)), din a nnipa bebree de nim no neWole Soyinka(a wɔbo no [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]), yɛ Alatani(Nigerian)ahwɛgoroɔ twerɛfoɔ, ayɛsɛm twerɛfoɔ,awensɛm twerɛfoɔ,ne atwerɛtoam twerɛfoɔ wɔ brofo kasa mu. Ɔnyaa kasadwini abasobɔdeɛ a edimu wɔ, afe apem ahankron ne aduowɔtwe nsia (1986) mu, ɔne sub-Sharan bibini a wadi kan anya saa anuomoyamhyɛ no wɔ saa nkyekyɛmu no mu.[1]
Wɔwoo Soyinka wɔ Abeokuta[2]too Yoruba abusua bi mu. Wɔ afe apem ahankron ne aduonum-nan (1954) mu no, ɔkɔɔ aban kɔlɛɛge wɔ Ibadan, University College Ibadan ne university of Leeds a ɛwɔNgyerɛsi.[3]Owiee ne adesua wɔ Nigeria ne Uk no, ɔne Royal Court Theatre a ɛwɔLondonyɛɛ adwuma. Ɔkɔ twerɛɛ ahwɛgoroɔ wɔ saa aman mmienu no mu, ɔyɛɛ bi wɔ beaeɛ a yɛhwɛ ahwɛgoroɔ ne kasafidie so (radio). Ɔdii akotene wɔ Nigeria amanyɔsɛm abakɔsɛm mu ne ɛhɔ dawurobɔ dwumadie fa wɔn mfahodie firi British foɔ a wɔbɛdii wɔn so no hɔ.
Nnwuma[sesa]
Ahwɛgoroɔ
- Keffi's Birthday Treat(1954)
- The Invention(1957)
- The Swamp Dwellers(1958)
- A Quality of Violence(1959)
- The Lion and the Jewel(1959)
- The Trials of Brother Jero(1960)
- A Dance of the Forests(1960)
- My Father's Burden(1960)
- The Strong Breed(1964)
- Before the Blackout(1964)
- Kongi's Harvest(1964)
- The Road(1965)
- Madmen and Specialists(1970)
- The Bacchae of Euripides(1973)
- Camwood on the Leaves(1973)
- Jero's Metamorphosis(1973)
- Death and the King's Horseman(1975)
- Opera Wonyosi(1977)
- Requiem for a Futurologist(1983)
- A Play of Giants(1984)
- Childe Internationale(1987)
- From Zia with Love(1992)
- The Detainee(radio play)
- A Scourge of Hyacinths(radio play)
- The Beatification of Area Boy(1996)
- Document of Identity(radio play, 1999)
- King Baabu(2001)
- Etiki Revu Wetin
- Alapata Apata(2011)
- "Thus Spake Orunmila" (inSixty-Six Books(2011)
Ayɛsɛm
- The Interpreters(1965)
- Season of Anomy(1973)
- Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth(Bookcraft, Nigeria; Bloomsbury, UK; Pantheon, US, 2021)
Anasesɛm atiatia bi
- A Tale of Two(1958)
- Egbe's Sworn Enemy(1960)
- Madame Etienne's Establishment(1960)
Memoirs
- The Man Died: Prison Notes(1972)
- Aké: The Years of Childhood(1981)
- Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: a memoir 1945–1965(1989)
- Ìsarà: A Voyage around Essay(1989)
- You Must Set Forth at Dawn(2006)
Poetry collections
- Telephone Conversation(1963) (appeared inModern Poetry in Africa)
- Idanre and other poems(1967)
- A Big Airplane Crashed into The Earth(original titlePoems from Prison) (1969)
- A Shuttle in the Crypt(1971)
- Ogun Abibiman(1976)
- Mandela's Earth and other poems(1988)
- Early Poems(1997)
- Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known(2002)
Essays
- "Towards a True Theater" (1962)
- Culture in Transition(1963)
- Neo-Tarzanism: The Poetics of Pseudo-Transition
- A Voice That Would Not Be Silenced
- Art, Dialogue, and Outrage: Essays on Literature and Culture(1988)
- From Drama and the African World View(1976)
- Myth, Literature, and the African World(1976)
- The Blackman and the Veil(1990)
- The Credo of Being and Nothingness(1991)
- The Burden of Memory – The Muse of Forgiveness(1999)
- A Climate of Fear(the BBC Reith Lectures 2004, audio and transcripts)
- New Imperialism(2009)
- Of Africa(2012)
- Beyond Aesthetics: Use, Abuse, and Dissonance in African Art Traditions(2019)
Films
- Kongi's Harvest
- Culture in Transition
- Blues for a Prodigal
Translations
- The Forest of a Thousand Demons: A Hunter’s Saga(1968; a translation of D. O. Fagunwa'sÒgbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀)
- In the Forest of Olodumare(2010; a translation of D. O. Fagunwa'sIgbo Olodumare)