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Wole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on July 13, 1934.
* He is a playwright, poet, novelist, and essayist.
* He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
* He is the first black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
* He is a vocal critic of tyranny and oppression.
* He was imprisoned for 22 months during the Nigerian Civil War.
* He has written over 30 books.
* He is a professor emeritus at Cornell University.
* He is still writing and speaking out against injustice today.

Romance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart.

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