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Jero Plays

Soyinka Wole
Heftet / 1973 / Engelsk

Product details

ISBN
9780413292407
Published
1973-11-29
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Methuen Drama
Weight
110 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
96

Author
Soyinka Wole

Biographical note

Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934. Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012. A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.

Jero Plays

Soyinka Wole
Heftet / 1973 / Engelsk
Soyinka Wole
Heftet / 1973 / Engelsk
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"Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest" (New York Times Book Review) These hilarious and vicious two plays examine the corruption of Nigerian society through a study of the rise and fall of one of its self-made charismatic preachers."Wole Soyinka's Nobel Prize for Literature is a triumphant affirmation of the universality of this novelist, poet, film-maker and political activist." (Guardian)
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"Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest" (New York Times Book Review)
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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"Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest" (New York Times Book Review) These hilarious and vicious two plays examine the corruption of Nigerian society through a study of the rise and fall of one of its self-made charismatic preachers."Wole Soyinka's Nobel Prize for Literature is a triumphant affirmation of the universality of this novelist, poet, film-maker and political activist." (Guardian)
Read more
"Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest" (New York Times Book Review)
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
Read more

Product details

ISBN
9780413292407
Published
1973-11-29
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Methuen Drama
Weight
110 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
6 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
96

Author
Soyinka Wole

Biographical note

Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934. Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012. A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.

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