Wole Soyinka

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-13 (90 years old)

Birth Place

Ogun State, Nigeria

Height

Children

Olaokun Soyinka

Mother

Grace Eniola Soyinka

Siblings

Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka

Citizenships

Nigeria

Awards

John Whiting Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Nigerian National Order of Merit Award, Benson Medal, Europe Theatre Prize, Order of the Federal Republic, Weilheim Literature Prize, honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier-III, honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII, Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize in Literature