- Was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 136, pages 359-368. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- He was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Choreography for the play, "Death and the Kings Horseman", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- Was defended by John Mortimer of criminal charges in Nigeria.
- Parents are Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, and Grace Eniola Soyinka.
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