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Wole Soyinka

Nigerian writer (born 1934)

  • Fame70.6
  • Momentum3.1
  • Nigeria rank#19
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  • Fame70.6
  • Momentum3.1
  • Nigeria rank#19
  • Wikipedia14.4K
Born 1934 · age 92Nigeria
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    98 languages
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  • Rank in Nigeria
    #19
    Writers
  • Age
    92
    Born 1934
  • Known for
    Elesin Oba: The King's…
    2022
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He has also written two translated works and many articles and short stories for newspapers and periodicals. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "wide cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence".

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Fame
Stable
70.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum3.1
Historical24.5
Now attention21.8
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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Country rank
#19
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