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 award1901
WebsiteOfficial website

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." He is the first African recipient of the prize.

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