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Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria in 1959.
* He moved to England with his family when he was two years old.
* He studied at the University of Essex and worked as a journalist.
* He published his first novel, Flowers and Shadows, in 1980.
* He won the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road in 1991.
* He has written several other novels, including Songs of Enchantment and Infinite Riches.
* He has also written short stories, poems, and essays.
* He is a member of the Order of the British Empire and the Royal Society of Literature.
* He is a vocal advocate for human rights and social justice.
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