Ben Okri

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Sir

Ben Okri

OBE FRSL
Born
Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri

(1959-03-15) 15 March 1959
Minna, Nigeria
OccupationWriter
NationalityNigeria
UK
Alma materUniversity of Essex
GenreFiction, essays, poetry
Literary movementPostmodernism, Postcolonialism
Notable worksThe Famished Road (1991), A Way of Being Free (1997), Starbook (2007), A Time for New Dreams (2011)
Notable awardsBooker Prize 1991
Website
benokri.co.uk

Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) 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.

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