Ben Okri
 Ben Okri | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Minna, 15 ga Maris, 1959 (66 shekaru) |
| ƙasa |
Najeriya Birtaniya |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
University of Essex (en)  |
| Harsuna |
Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya Jamusanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
marubuci, ɗan jarida, Marubuci, author (en) da maiwaƙe |
| Muhimman ayyuka |
The Famished Road (en) Starbook (en) Songs of Enchantment (en) Every Leaf a Hallelujah (en) |
| Kyaututtuka |
gani
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| Wanda ya ja hankalinsa |
Francis Bacon (mul) , William Blake (mul) da Samuel Taylor Coleridge (mul) |
| Mamba |
Royal Society of Literature (en) |
| IMDb | nm1631300 |
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Ben Okri (an haife shi a 15 ga Maris 1959) mawaƙi ne kuma marubucin littattafan Nijeriya.[1] Okri ana ɗaukarsa ɗayan manyan marubutan Afirka a[2][3] cikin al'adun zamani da na bayan mulkin mallaka, kuma an kwatanta shi da marubuta sanannu kamar su Salman Rushdie da Gabriel García Márquez.
Tarihinsa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ben Okri mutumin Urhobo ne; mahaifinsa ma Urhobo, kuma mahaifiyarsa ‘yar asalin Ibo ce An haife shi a Minna da ke yammacin tsakiyar Najeriya zuwa ga Grace da Silver Okri a 1959. Mahaifinsa, Silver, ya kwashe danginsa zuwa Landan lokacin da Okri bai cika shekara biyu ba don ya iya karatun lauya. Don haka Okri ya share shekarunsa na farko a Landan kuma ya halarci makarantar firamare a Peckham. A shekarar 1968 Silver ya mayar da danginsa gida Najeriya inda ya yi aikin lauya a Legas, yana ba da kyauta ko rangwame ga wadanda ba za su iya ba. Bayyana shi ga yakin basasar Najeriya da kuma al'adar da takwarorinsa a lokacin suke ikirarin ganin wahayi na ruhohi, daga baya sun ba da kwarin gwiwa ga labarin Okri.
Littatafansa (wasu daga ciki)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Flowers and Shadows (Harlow: Longman, 1980)
- The Landscapes Within (Harlow: Longman, 1981)
- The Famished Road (London: Jonathan Cape, 1991)
- Songs of Enchantment (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993)
- Astonishing the Gods (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995)
- Dangerous Love (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1996)
- Infinite Riches (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998)
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Ben Okri", British Council, Writers Directory. Archived 2 ga Maris, 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Ben Okri", Editors, The Guardian, 22 July 2008.
- ↑ Stefaan Anrys, "Interview with Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri", Mondiaal Nieuws, 26 August 2009.