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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985
Okri, Ben
Biography
Nigeria
Birth date: 1959-03-15
Birth location:
Minna,
Nigeria
Ben Okri, born in 1959, is a Nigerian poet and writer in the postcolonial and postmodern tradition. Okri's literary career began with his first novel, Flowers and Shadows, in 1980. He served as poetry editor for West Africa magazine from 1983 to 1986 and was a regular contributor to the BBC World Service between 1983 and 1985.
Education
- Essex University
News Items (131)
- How do you pull of something like this? Director Rufus Norris talks to Sarah Hemming about the challenge of staging a play by Wole Soyinka (2009-03-28) | Mentioned Poet
- Miracle at the margin (2000-11-24) | Poet
- Letter from... Harare (2000-11-03) | Poet
- Taking an African safari (1996-06-30) | Writer
- Birthdays (1998-03-15) | Mentioned Poet
- You scratch my hardback. . . (1991-10-27) | Mentioned Poet
- New chapter of delays in sad saga of British Library (1992-07-12) | Mentioned Poet
- Book events (2003-02-23) | Poet
- Diary (1995-03-19) | Mentioned Poet
- BBC1 (1996-10-06) | Poet
- Radio 3 (1994-03-20) | Poet
- My Hols (2010-06-20) | Poet
- The Sunday Times (2010-03-07) | Poet
- Diary (1992-03-01) | Poet
- Contents (1988-07-31) | Poet
- A Padded Sell (2009-04-26) | Poet
- Stirrings of Genius (1996-09-01) | Poet
- Critics' choice (1996-10-06) | Poet
- Birthdays (2009-03-15) | Poet
- Content (2014-12-21) | Poet
- Diary (1999-07-04) | Poet
- Diary (1995-01-15) | Mentioned Poet
- Birthdays (2015-03-15) | Poet
- Diary (1996-11-17) | Poet
- Diary (1995-01-22) | Poet
- Oxford Literary Festival (2010-02-28) | Poet
- Who won what in 1987 (1987-11-29) | Poet
- Hay-on-Wye fever (1996-06-02) | Poet
- Book Events (2007-07-22) | Poet
- Diary (1995-06-25) | Poet
- Pick of the Day (2015-02-22) | Poet
- A bevy of writers all under the influence (2002-04-28) | Mentioned Poet
- Oxford Highlights (2008-03-16) | Poet
- Radio (2002-08-11) | Poet
- The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival (2009-03-29) | Poet
- Diary (1993-12-12) | Author
- Diary (1992-09-13) | Poet
- Diary (1991-10-13) | Writer
- Duke errant (1999-10-24) | Writer
- Major column inches ahead (1992-01-05) | Writer
- Diary (1992-09-06) | Poet
- Biteback (2001-09-09) | Poet
- Revelling in (1996-06-09) | Writer
- Hotel Spot Check (1998-04-12) | Writer
- On the Critical List Harvey Porlock on crack and political incorrectness (1993-12-05) | Writer
- A pain in the arts (1996-12-01) | Writer
- Money: the root of all books (1995-01-15) | Writer
- Even a catty Writer can look at a Queen (2001-03-25) | Poet
- A straight left to the maniac's jaw (1985-02-17) | Poet
- Radio (2000-09-24) | Writer
- Must Reads (2009-03-29) | Writer
- Bel shows she has no stomach for life in the New Age fast lane (1994-06-05) | Poet
- Radio (2000-08-13) | Poet
- How a publishing giant was brought to book (1991-10-27) | Poet
- You Really Must Read (2007-07-29) | Poet
- Multiple Display Advertising Items (2003-11-09) | Poet
- Tuesday 14 March (1993-03-14) | Poet
- The intellectuals and the masses (1996-01-14) | Poet
- A Poet in Motion (2012-03-18) | Poet
- Bbc2 (1997-08-02) | Poet
- Radio (2002-07-28) | Poet
- Radio (1999-01-17) | Poet
- A Fresh Caress of Familiar Faces (2014-02-02) | Poet
- [Birds of a feather (1992-09-06)](apdp.news.000755) | Poet
- Speaking up for the articulate (1993-04-04) | Poet
- All the Best Minds under One Roof (2010-03-07) | Poet
- Meet the Authors at . . . (1999-07-02) | Poet
- The rise and rise of laddism among ladies (1997-10-12) | Poet
- Latitude Festival (2014-03-30) | Poet
- Biteback (2008-05-04) | Poet
- Not in front of the princess (1992-06-07) | Poet
- The edge of decadence (1992-06-07) | Poet
- The Sunday Times Guide to Today's Television (1991-12-29) | Poet
- One man and his Sellotape (1991-04-28) | Poet
- Relative Values (1997-08-03) | Poet
- BBC1 (1994-10-09) | Poet
- Ben Okri (1993-03-21) | Poet
- Show of faith at the V & a (1991-12-22) | Poet
- Culture (2009-03-15) | Poet
- Pick Your Favourites for the Cheltenham Literature Festival (2014-08-10) | Poet
- The Class of '93 (1993-04-25) | Writer
- Pippa's Party Book Deal (2011-10-30) | Writer
- The Talk of the Town (2013-01-27) | Writer
- Go to Town at This Year's Festival (2011-01-23) | Writer
- Harvey Porlock's (1997-12-28) | Poet
- The Best of the Best? (2013-03-03) | Writer
- A Stir among the Spires (2010-02-14) | Writer
- Yes, Minister: Gong-Giver Can Have an Award (2009-01-04) | Politician
- The darling books of Hay (1991-06-02) | Writer
- Must Reads (2015-06-07) | Writer
- Friday 9 October (2015-10-04) | Writer
- Radio (1992-03-22) | Writer
- Race to Oxford (2009-03-08) | Writer
- Events Diary (2009-03-15) | Writer
- BBC1 (1998-07-26) | Writer
- Her Truth Keeps Marching On (2012-05-20) | Writer
- One Mountaineer Sent his Friend to Certain Death to save his Own Life (2003-04-06) | Writer
- Into the melting pot (1995-08-06) | Writer
- Meeting with Enrique Lihn (2009-03-22) | Writer
- Archie (2009-03-29) | Writer
- Main Channel Friday 1 April (2011-03-27) | Writer
- Sunday 22 February (2015-02-22) | Writer
- Friday 17 October (2008-10-12) | Writer
- An author m search of humility (1991-10-25) | Mentioned Poet
- Awaking dreams as others sleep (1991-12-21) | Mentioned Poet
- BBC awards snub the champions of popular jazz (2004-07-10) | Mentioned Poet
- Between the covers of the Booker Prize (1992-10-13) |
- Booker author says dome must connect 'all our faiths' (1998-01-07) | Mentioned Poet
- Craig Brown (1991-10-24) | Mentioned Poet
- Dream on (1999-09-04) | Mentioned Poet
- Fame and fortune? (1993-09-21) | Mentioned Poet
- Fighting Talk (2006-04-18) | Poet
- Imagination knows no frontiers (1993-03-31) | Mentioned Poet
- Invisible immortals (1995-03-09) | Writer
- Jazz (2004-03-15) | Mentioned Poet
- New poetry (1992-03-21) | Poet
- New poetry (1992-07-04) | Poet
- Nigeria's free spirit wins the Booker prize (1991-10-23) | Writer
- Novelist and poet (2008-11-01) | Mentioned Poet
- Ode to the Book (1998-04-23) | Poet
- Okri poem embraces spirit of millennium (1999-05-08) | Mentioned Poet
- Our false oracles have failed. We need a new vision to live by (2008-10-30) | Author
- Paul Marsh (2009-07-17) | Mentioned Poet
- Talking through his Euterpean hat (1997-04-10) | Mentioned Poet
- The scenic route to a predictable destination (1996-10-10) | Mentioned Poet
- The writers in the vanguard of an African revolution (2000-11-29) | Mentioned Poet
- There is wonder here (1991-10-24) | Mentioned Poet
- Too clever by half (1993-10-20) | Mentioned Poet
- Wake up world (1999-01-02) | Mentioned Poet
- Welcome to Cheltenham 2008 (2008-10-04) | Mentioned Poet
- What Worked for Me (2006-04-18) | Mentioned Poet
Related Works (4)
- An African Elegy (1992) (Poet)
- An African Elegy (1992) (Work Author)
- Mental FLight () (Poet)
- Mental FLight () (Work Author)
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Okri, BenCreated by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities with funding from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
