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.