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Born in Nigeria in 1959, poet and novelist, is unquestionably one of the leading exponents of modern and Post-Colonial African literary traditions. He is a highly acclaimed international writer with post-modern ideas of storytelling. His work obeys a kind of dream-logic and is preoccupied with the philosophical conundrum: what is reality. He has invented a new form of fiction called the 'Stoku'. His novel The Famished Road won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has received numerous international prizes, including the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the Premio Palmi, and the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum. His published work include Dangerous Love(1996), and Starbook(2007). His latest book is The Age of Magic(2014). His work is translated into 26 languages.

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