Wole Soyinka

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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1974
  • Latest Book:
    October 2021
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Books in Order: 8 titles

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  • Chronicles from the Happiest People on Earth

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, combining "elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of pow...

  • The Interpreters

    From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature -- his debut novel about a group of young Nigerian intellectuals trying to come to grips with themselves and their changing country. First published in 1965.Friends since high school, ...

  • Season of Anomy

    From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists -- this political novel about the dangers of corruption, greed, and the desire for power is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel The Interp...

  • Africa39

    In 2014, UNESCO's World Book Capital is Port Harcourt, Nigeria-the first city in Africa to receive the designation by public bid. This makes it a special year for the Port Harcourt Book Festival, which will be in its seventh year, and bigger than...

  • Climate of Fear

    In this new book developed from the prestigious Reith Lectures, Nobel Prize -- winning author Wole Soyinka, a courageous advocate for human rights around the world, considers fear as the dominant theme in world politics.Decades ago, the idea of colle...

  • Death and the King's Horseman

    This Norton Critical Edition of Death and the King's Horseman is the only student edition available in the United States. Based on events that took place in 1946 in the ancient Yoruban city of Oyo, Soyinka's acclaimed and powerful play addresses c...

  • Madmen and Specialists

    "Written in 1971, Madmen and Specialists is one of Soyinka''s most excoriating portrayals of abusers and abused in the new Nigeria ushered in by Biafra and the civil war of 1967-70. Set in the ""surgery"" of a doctor, the play is populated by mendica...

  • Bacchae of Euripides

    A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author.

    Wole Soyinka has translatedâ,”in both language and spiritâ,”a great classic of ancient Greek theater. He does so with a poet's ear for the cadences an...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Wole Soyinka has published 8 books.

Wole Soyinka does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Chronicles from the Happiest People on Earth, was published in October 2021.

The first book by Wole Soyinka, Bacchae of Euripides, was published in October 1974.

No. Wole Soyinka does not write books in series.
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