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Born | Minna, Nigeria | 15 March 1959
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.[1] Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions,[2][3] Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez.[4] In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize.[5] Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature.[6]