Dramatist Wole Soyinka
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Wole Soyinka
Living place: Abeokuta
Birthday: 13-7-1934 (90 years old)
Global rank: #24576
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Who is Dramatist Wole Soyinka?
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, he wrote A Dance of the Forests and the poetry collection The Ballad of the Landlord.
He was imprisoned for 22 months during a civil war in Nigeria and wrote a considerable amount of material critical of the Nigerian government during that time.
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, he wrote A Dance of the Forests and the poetry collection The Ballad of the Landlord.
He was imprisoned for 22 months during a civil war in Nigeria and wrote a considerable amount of material critical of the Nigerian government during that time.
He won many awards for his work, while at Grammar School Abêkuta and studied at the university of Ibadan from 1952-54.
His father Samuel was an Anglican minister. He married Folake Doherty-Soyinka in 1989 and he has five children.
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He dedicated his Nobel Prize to South Africa freedom fighter Nelson Mandela during his acceptance speech in 1986.
He dedicated his Nobel Prize to South Africa freedom fighter Nelson Mandela during his acceptance speech in 1986.
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When was Dramatist Wole Soyinka born?
Wole Soyinka birthday 13-7-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Dramatist Wole Soyinka's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, of Nigeria. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Wole Soyinka's global rank is 24576 and whose rank is 8 in list of famous Dramatist.
Wole Soyinka birthday 13-7-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Dramatist Wole Soyinka's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, of Nigeria. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Wole Soyinka's global rank is 24576 and whose rank is 8 in list of famous Dramatist.
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Events in 1934 and 13-7
Events in the world in the birth year of Wole Soyinka
- Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria is assassinated by Nazis.
- Hitler becomes Führer when chancellorship and presidency are united.
- U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations.
- Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada. Background: Multiple Births
- Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers.
Birthday Wole Soyinka (13-7) in history
- Day 13-7 year 1793: Royalist Charlotte Corday stabbed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat to death in a bathtub.
- Day 13-7 year 1863: The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.
- Day 13-7 year 1865: P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
- Day 13-7 year 1930: The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Day 13-7 year 1943: The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat.
- Day 13-7 year 1977: A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.
- Day 13-7 year 2003: Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.
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