# Wole Soyinka

| Wole Soyinka
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| Rođenje
 | 13. srpnja 1934. Abeokuta, Nigerija
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| Zanimanje
 | pjesnik, dramski pisac, romanopisac
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| Nacionalnost
 | Nigerijac
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| Nagrade
 |  Nobelova nagrada za književnost 1986.
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**Wole Soyinka** (Abeokuta, 13. srpnja 1934.), nigerijski književnik.

Nakon pripremnih studija 1954. na Državnom sveučilištu u Ibadanu, nastavio je na Sveučilištu u Leedsu, gdje je kasnije, 1973. godine i doktorirao.

Na Soyinku kao dramatičara najviše je utjecao irski pisac J. M. Synge, ali i tradicionalno afričko narodno kazalište s kombinacijom plesa, glazbe i pokreta. U svojim dramama i romanima često je povezivao mitologiju vlastitog plemena, Yoruba, sa svakidašnjim temama. Nekoliko puta je bio zatvaran, a većina njegovih djela bila su zabranjivana u Nigeriji.

Godine 1986. dobio je Nobelovu nagradu za književnost.

## Djela

* "Stanovnici močvare" (The Swamp Divellers),
* "Lav i dragulj" (The Lion and the Jewel),
* "Iskušenja brata Jeroa" (The Trials of Brother Jero),
* "Jeroova preobrazba" (Jero's Metamorphosis),
* "Ples šuma" (A Dance of the Forests),
* "Konigijeva žetva" (Kongi's Harvest),
* "Snažni soj" (The Strong Breed),
* "Cesta" (The Road, 1965.),
* "Smrt i kraljev konjušar" (Death and the King's Horseman, 1975.),
* "Euripidova Bakhe" (The Bacchae of Euripides, 1973.),
* "Igra divova" (A Play of Giants, 1984.),
* "Rekvijem za futurologa" (Requiem for a Futurologist, 1985.),
* "Tumači" (The Interpreters, 1965.),
* "Doba bezvlašća" (Season of Anomy, 1973.).

## Literatura

* James Gibbs (1980). *Critical Perspective on Wole Soyinka (Critical Perspectives)*. Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-914478-49-2.
* Eldred Jones (1987). *The Writing of Wole Soyinka*. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435080-21-1.
* M. Rajeshwar (1990). *Novels of Wole Soyinka*. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. ISBN 978-8-185218-21-2.
* Derek Wright (1996). *Wole Soyinka : Life, Work, and Criticism*. York Press. ISBN 978-1-896761-01-5.
* Gerd Meuer (2008). *Journeys around and with Kongi - half a century on the road with Wole Soyinka: a pan-afropean or pan-eurafrican book*. Reche. ISBN 978-3-929566-73-4.
* Bankole Olayebi (2004), *WS: A Life In Full*, Bookcraft; biography of Soyinka.
* Mpalive-Hangson Msiska (2007), *Postcolonial Identity in Wole Soyinka* (Cross/Cultures 93). Amsterdam-New York, NY: Editions Rodopi B.V. ISBN 978-9042022584
* Yemi D. Ogunyemi (2009), *The Literary/Political Philosophy of Wole Soyinka*. ISBN 1-60836-463-1

## Vanjske veze

* "Raven Black short film" adaptation of Wole Soyinka's famous poem, Telephone Conversation, 2014
* "Biography: Wole Soyinka", Nobel Prize profile, 1986
* "Wole Soyinka" Profile, Presidential Lectures, Stanford University
* Maya Jaggi, "Profile: Ousting monsters", *The Guardian*, 2 November 2002
* Uchenna Izundu, "Inspiring Nigeria's political dawns", *BBC*, September 2007.
* Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka: Darfur Crisis 'A Blot on the Conscience of the World'" Arhivirano 2007-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u, *Democracy Now!* 18 April 2006.
* Amy Goodman, "Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New Memoir" Arhivirano 2007-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u, *Democracy Now!* 18/19 April 2006.
* Dave Gilson, "Wole Soyinka: Running to Stand Still", *Mother Jones,* July/August 2006.
* Paul Brians, "Study guide for *The Lion and the Jewel*, *The Trials of Brother Jero*, and *Madmen and Specialists* Arhivirano 2011-04-10 na Wayback Machine-u", Washington State University.
* "The Climate of Fear", Soyinka's Reith Lectures, BBC, 2004.
* Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, " The Essential Soyinka" Arhivirano 2014-09-22 na Wayback Machine-u, African Writing Online, No. 7.
* "Wole Soyinka - Ake: The Years of Childhood", *World Book Club*, BBC World Service, 29 May 2007.