Wole Soyinka
| Wole Soyinka | |
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| Rođenje | 13. srpnja 1934. Abeokuta, Nigerija |
| Zanimanje | pjesnik, dramski pisac, romanopisac |
| Nacionalnost | Nigerijac |
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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.
- "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.).
- 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
- "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", African Writing Online, No. 7.
- "Wole Soyinka - Ake: The Years of Childhood", World Book Club, BBC World Service, 29 May 2007.
