Wole Soyinka, literary papers
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Wole Soyinka, literary papers
Classmark: BC MS 20c Soyinka
Creator(s): Soyinka, Wole()
Date(s): 1963-1987
Language: English
Size and medium: 6 boxes; manuscript, typescript, a press cutting, and printed material.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8575
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Literary papers of Wole Soyinka and associated material. The archive principally contains manuscripts, notes and correspondence relating to Soyinka’s work as published by Rex Collings. The collection includes correspondence addressed to Collings from Soyinka, his then wife Olaide Idowu and others, and press cuttings relating to Soyinka, particularly his political activism and imprisonment.
The Archive is divided into five series: Plays, Novels, Poetry, Correspondence and Articles.
Biography or history
Wole (Oluwole Akinwande) Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright and poet, was born in Ijebu Isara, Nigeria, on 13 July 1934 and educated at Abeokuta Grammar School and Government College, Ibadan; then at University College, Ibadan (1952-1954) and Leeds University (1954-1957), where he graduated in English. In 1986 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. For fuller details of his life and achievements see Who's who.
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