Wole Soyinka was born on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria as Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka. He is a writer and actor, known for Kongi's Harvest (1970), Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait (1963) and Shout Gladi Gladi (2015).
Nobel Prize in Literature, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Nominations
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Movies
Kongi's Harvest, Shout Gladi Gladi
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
1
Was defended by John Mortimer of criminal charges in Nigeria.
2
He was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Choreography for the play, "Death and the Kings Horseman", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
3
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 136, pages 359-368. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
4
Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kongi's Harvest
1970
play / screenplay
Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait
1963
TV Movie
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kongi's Harvest
1970
President Kongi
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shout Gladi Gladi
2015
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shout Gladi Gladi
2015
Documentary
Interviewee
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
2013
Documentary
Himself, author
Invitation to World Literature
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Na plovárne
2006
TV Series
Himself
Tavis Smiley
2006
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2006
TV Series
Himself
Un siècle d'écrivains
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
Un dieu au bord de la route
1994
Documentary
Narrator
Aquarius
1971
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
God Is African
2003
Himself
Known for movies
Kongi's Harvest (1970) as Writer
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me (2013) as Himself, author
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