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Bookmark or Share- Ben Okri - WikipediaSir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, [2] [3] Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez . [4]
- Ben Okri - Literature - British CouncilPoet and novelist Ben Okri was born in 1959 in Minna, northern Nigeria, to an Igbo mother and Urhobo father. He grew up in London before returning to Nigeria with his family in 1968. Much of his early fiction explores the political violence that he witnessed at first hand during the civil war in Nigeria.
- It Took Nearly 30 Years. Is America Ready for Ben Okri Now?Ben Okri, the prizewinning Nigerian British author, has never been easy to define. Throughout his 40-year career, critics have struggled to place him, labeling him a magical realist, an African...
- Books & Bibliography - Ben Okri Official SiteBen Okri is a writer who cannot be categorised. His books are richly varied. He has written significantly in every genre and form of literature. No two of his books are the same, though they explore themes of reality, unreality, society, storytelling, freedom, magic, consciousness, history, politics, justice, and the intensely poetic.
- Ben Okri Official Site - Poet, Novelist, Artist and SpeakerAbout Ben Okri. Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, aphorist, playwright, and writer of film-scripts. His writing challenges perceptions of reality. He is also a cultural activist. He was knighted in 2023 for services to Literature. He was born in Nigeria and came to England as a child.
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