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.

Ben Okri
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Minna, 15 ga Maris, 1959 (65 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
Birtaniya
Karatu
Makaranta University of Essex (en) Fassara
Harsuna Turanci
Pidgin na Najeriya
Jamusanci
Sana'a
Sana'a marubuci, ɗan jarida, Marubuci, author (en) Fassara da maiwaƙe
Muhimman ayyuka The Famished Road (en) Fassara
Starbook (en) Fassara
Songs of Enchantment (en) Fassara
Every Leaf a Hallelujah (en) Fassara
Kyaututtuka
Wanda ya ja hankalinsa Francis Bacon (en) Fassara, William Blake (en) Fassara da Samuel Taylor Coleridge (en) Fassara
Mamba Royal Society of Literature (en) Fassara
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Ben Okri

Tarihinsa gyara sashe

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

  • 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

  1. "Ben Okri", British Council, Writers Directory. Archived 2 ga Maris, 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Ben Okri", Editors, The Guardian, 22 July 2008.
  3. Stefaan Anrys, "Interview with Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri", Mondiaal Nieuws, 26 August 2009.

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/ben-okri

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/12/benokri