The Wole Soyinka Quiz
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The Wole Soyinka Quiz

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Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian ______ and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

playwright

During the civil war in Nigeria, Soyinka appealed in an ______ for cease-fire.

article

For this he was arrested in 1967, accused of conspiring with the Biafra rebels, and was held as a political ______ for 22 months until 1969.

prisoner

Soyinka has published about 20 works: drama, novels, and ______.

<p>poetry</p> Signup and view all the answers

Soyinka writes in ______ and his literary language is marked by great scope and richness of words.

<p>English</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Wole Soyinka: Biography and Literary Works

  • Wole Soyinka was born on 13th July, 1934, in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
  • He is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and political activist.
  • Soyinka received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

Political Activism

  • During the Nigerian civil war, Soyinka appealed for a cease-fire in an article.
  • He was arrested in 1967, accused of conspiring with the Biafra rebels.
  • Soyinka was held as a political prisoner for 22 months until 1969.

Literary Works

  • Soyinka has published about 20 works, including drama, novels, and poetry.
  • He writes in English, known for his literary language's great scope and richness of words.
  • Notable plays:
    • Keffi's Birthday Treat (1954)
    • The Invention (1957)
    • The Swamp Dwellers (1958)
    • The Road (1965)
    • The Bacchae of Euripides (1973)
    • Camwood on the Leaves (1973)
    • Jero's Metamorphosis (1973)
  • Notable novels:
    • The Interpreters (1965)
    • Season of Anomy (1972)

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