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Niyi Osundare
Niyi Osundare | |
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Born | (1947-03-12) 12 March 1947 (age 77) Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | Amoye Grammar School, Christ's School, University of Ibadan, University of Leeds, York University |
Genre | Poetry, plays, literary criticism |
Years active | 1981–present |
Notable works | Songs of the Marketplace (1983), The Eye of the Earth (1986), Waiting Laughters (1990), Green: Sighs of Our Ailing Planet (2022) |
Notable awards | Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize 1986, 1989, & 1994, Commonwealth Poetry Prize 1986, NOMA Award 1991, Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry 2008, Nigerian National Order of Merit 2014 |
Nigerian writer (born 1947)
Niyi Osundare is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic.
Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti,[1] Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of