What kind of writer is Soyinka?

In the late 1950s, he first created some short plays, poems and songs, which were staged or published here. 1960, wole soyinka returned to Nigeria as a drama researcher. Traveling in China, studying Nigerian folk literature and art, combining western drama art with African traditional music, dance and drama, he created modern West African drama performed in English, and soon emerged as a playwright, actor and director with extraordinary talent. 196 1 year, he helped to establish the Mbary Club, a group of Nigerian writers and artists, which greatly promoted the development of Nigerian literature and art? 1967, during the civil war in Nigeria, wole soyinka was put into prison and was not released until 1970. After his release, he went to Europe and Ghana and lived in exile for six years. 1976, he returned to Nigeria and taught at Ife University. As a visiting professor of English at Cambridge University and Sheffield University, he also travels to Europe regularly. At the same time, he is a visiting professor at Yale University. Generally speaking, wole soyinka's creation is related to the reality in Africa and Nigeria. He himself said that his "eternal belief is human freedom", and he also engaged in creative activities in line with this consistent proposition. Because of this, he became the first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wol Soyinka was born in 1934. He writes in English and is highly praised by the world as a playwright. His vivid literary works also include some important poems and novels, an interesting autobiography and a large number of articles and essays.