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WRITER

Wole Soyinka

1934 - Today

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Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka Hon. FRSL (Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká]), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wole Soyinka has received more than 2,400,418 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Wole Soyinka is the 791st most popular writer (up from 979th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Writer.

Wole Soyinka is most famous for his work as a poet, novelist, and playwright. He has written more than 20 books and has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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  • 2.4M

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  • 62.69

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  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wole Soyinka ranks 791 out of 5,755. Before him are Peter Weiss, Arrigo Boito, Alejo Carpentier, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fyodor Tyutchev, and Ibn Hawqal. After him are Nonnus, Juliette Récamier, Max Jacob, Virginia Satir, Neale Donald Walsch, and Julian Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Wole Soyinka ranks 48. Before him are John L. Hall, Diana Wynne Jones, Niklaus Wirth, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lansana Conté, and John Surtees. After him are Louise Fletcher, Jonas Savimbi, Jan Švankmajer, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Alfred Schnittke, and Stanislav Shushkevich.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 2 out of 236. Before him are Hugo Weaving (1960). After him are Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Dr. Alban (1957), Chinua Achebe (1930), Fela Kuti (1938), Sade (1959), Usman dan Fodio (1754), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), and Jay-Jay Okocha (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka ranks 1. After him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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