1986 Nobel Prize in Literature

1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
Wole Soyinka
"who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."
Date
  • 16 October 1986 (1986-10-16) (announcement)
  • 10 December 1986
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka (born 1934) "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."[1] He is the first African recipient of the prize.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 1986". nobelprize.org.
  2. ^ Wole Soyinka britannica.com
  3. ^ James M. Markham (17 October 1986). "Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist, Wins Nobel Literature Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.