Ben Okri
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Ben Okri

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Sir Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, which is part of a trilogy. He was a Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge and is a recipient of many honorary doctorates. He is an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a vice-president of the English Centre of International PEN. In 2019, his novel Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC‘s 100 Novels that Shaped Our World. In 2023 he was knighted for services to literature.
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