Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie... Wikipedia
Born: 1959 (age 65 years), Minna, Nigeria
Influenced by: Francis Bacon, William Blake, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Parents: Silver Oghekeneshineke Loloje Okri and Grace Okri
Awards: Booker Prize
Genre: Fiction, essays, poetry
Literary movement: Postmodernism, Postcolonialism
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