Ben Okri ✓
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Ben Okri (born 1959) was a Nigeria writer, known for The Famished Road|Starbook|Songs of Enchantment|Every Leaf a Hallelujah.
About Ben Okri
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, Okri has been compared to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize. Okri was knighted at the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to literature.
The Famished Road|Starbook|Songs of Enchantment|Every Leaf a Hallelujah
The Famished Road
Booker Prize|Knight Bachelor|Officer of the Order of the British Empire|Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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