Ben Okri Writer

Ben Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri is considered one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions and has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez.

Personal facts

Ben Okri
Birth dateMarch 15, 1959
Birth place
Nigeria , Minna

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Writer

award
Man Booker Prize
influenced by
movement
Postmodern literature
Postcolonial literature
notable work
Starbook
The Famished Road

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Ben Okri on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2039260.stm
  2. http://odewire.com/54290/dancing-with-change.html
  3. http://riderbooks.tumblr.com/post/3100139249/new-year-poem-from-ben-okri-o-that-abstract-garden
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/07/090720_theforum_190709.shtml
  5. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/aug/21/poetry.usa
  6. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/poetry/benokri.htm
  7. http://www.rhgdigital.co.uk/blogs/ebury/?p=196
  8. http://www.rhgdigital.co.uk/blogs/ebury/?p=349
  9. http://www.tate.org.uk/40artists40days/ben_okri.html
  10. http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2011/a-time-for-new-dreams