“1973: Honorary D.Litt., University of Leeds, 1973–74: Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge,1983: Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (Hon. FRSL), 1983: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, United States,1986: Nobel Prize for Literature,1986: Agip Prize for Literature.1986: Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR). 1990: Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature, 1993: Honorary doctorate, Harvard University. 2002: Honorary fellowship, SOAS, 2005: Honorary doctorate degree, Princeton University,2009: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Archbishop Desmond Tutu at an awards ceremony at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa,2013: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement, United States,2014: International Humanist Award,2017: Joins the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Humanities,2017: “”””Special Prize”””” of the Europe Theatre Prize,2018: University of Ibadan renamed its arts theater to Wole Soyinka Theatre. 2018: Honorary Doctorate Degree of Letters, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). 2022: Honorary Degree from Cambridge University: A degree that is bestowed upon people who have made outstanding achievements in their respective fields.
Wole Soyinka
- Skill Category: Writers
- Present Address: Lagos, Nigeria
- Country: Nigeria
- Phone: 23408107000900
- Website: https://www.wolesoyinkafoundation.org/
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