Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka

Nobel Laureate for Literature in 1986, Professor Wole Soyinka has written in various genres – the novel, drama, essays, poetry and autobiography.

Among his best-known, widely translated works are: Death and the king’s horseman (drama); Samarkand and other markets I have known (poetry); Aké: the years of childhood and You must set forth at dawn (autobiographical); and Climate of fear, a collection of his 2004 BBC Reith lectures.

Wole is active on various human rights and cultural organisations including the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) where he is a Goodwill Ambassador. He is currently President’s Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and Professor Emeritus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.