(1959-03-15) 15 March 1959 (age 65) Minna, Nigeria
Occupation
Writer
Nationality
Nigeria UK
Genre
Fiction, essays, poetry
Literary movement
Postmodernism, Postcolonialism
Notable works
The Famished Road (1991), A Way of Being Free (1997), Starbook (2007), A Time for New Dreams (2011)
Notable awards
Booker Prize 1991
Website
benokri.co.uk
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho OkriOBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist.[1] 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] In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize.[5] Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature.[6]
^"Ben Okri", British Council, Writers Directory. Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
^"Ben Okri", Editors, The Guardian, 22 July 2008.
^Stefaan Anrys, "Interview with Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri", Mondiaal Nieuws, 26 August 2009.
^Robert Dorsman, "Ben Okri", Poetry International Web, 2000. Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
^"Ben Okri | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 15 March 1959. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^Davies, Caroline (16 June 2023). "Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Anna Wintour honoured in king's birthday list". The Guardian.
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