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Article: Wole Soyinka: An Appraisal.
- Article from:
- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
- Author:
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Conceived to be a "fitting tribute" to the Nigerian writer on his sixtieth birthday, celebrated in July 1994 in then crisis-ridden Lagos, Wole Soyinka: An Appraisal is more an effort "to engage with the man and his work at the appropriate level of seriousness commensurate with his achievement." The high-powered contributors to the book are distinguished writers themselves, and several of them are not content with just exposing the writer's talent but also voice their reservations about his works. Since Soyinka is best known for his plays, there is emphasis on his drama in the discussions of A Dance of the Forests, The Road, Madmen and Specialists, and Death and the King's ...
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... ... dramatist, novelist, memoirist and essayist, Wole Soyinka's life and works defy easy categorisation ... 1970s, established an endowed chair named the Wole Soyinka Chair in Drama. Soyinka has served as the President of the International ...
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