Ben Okri
Ben Okri | |
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| Born | Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri 15 March 1959 Minna, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Nigeria UK |
| Genre | Fiction, essays, poetry |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism, Postcolonialism |
| Notable works | The Famished Road (1991), A Way of Being Free (1997), Starbook (2007), A Time for New Dreams (2011) |
| Notable awards | Booker Prize 1991 |
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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) 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 and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature.