Ben Okri
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Lahir | 15 Maret 1959 (umur 65) Minna, Nigeria |
Pekerjaan | Penulis |
Kebangsaan | Nigeria UK |
Genre | Fiksi, esai, puisi |
Aliran sastra | Pascamodernisme, Pascakolonialisme |
Karya terkenal | The Famished Road (1991), A Way of Being Free (1997), Starbook (2007), A Time for New Dreams (2011) |
Penghargaan | Booker Prize 1991 |
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Ben Okri OBE FRSL (lahir 15 Maret 1959) adalah seorang penyair dan novelis asal Nigeria-Inggris.[1] Okri dianggap sebagai salah satu penulis Afrika terkemuka yang mengusung unsur pascamodernisme dan pascakolonialisme,[2][3] dan telah disandingkan dengan penulis seperti Salman Rushdie dan Gabriel García Márquez.[4] Pada tahun 1991, Okri memenangkan Booker Prize dengan novelnya berjudul, The Famished Road.[5]
Karya
- Flowers and Shadows (1980)
- The Landscapes Within (1982)
- Incidents at the Shrine (1986)
- Stars of New Curfew (1988)
- An African Elegy (1992)
- Song of Enchantment (1993)
- Astonishing the Gods (1995)
- Infinite Riches (1998)
- In Arcadia (2002)
- The Age of Magic (2014).[6]
Referensi
- ^ "Ben Okri", British Council, Writers Directory. Diarsipkan 2 March 2012 di Wayback Machine..
- ^ "Ben Okri", Editors, The Guardian, 22 July 2008.
- ^ Stefaan Anrys, "Interview with Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri", Mondiaal Nieuws, 26 August 2009.
- ^ Robert Dorsman, "Ben Okri", Poetry International Web, 2000. Diarsipkan 16 January 2013 di Wayback Machine..
- ^ "Ben Okri | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2023-04-08.
- ^ Kurnia, Anton (2019). Ensiklopedia Sastra Dunia. Yogyakarta: Diva Press. hlm. 53. ISBN 978-602-391-662-7. Parameter
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Pranala luar
- Official website
- Ben Okri's AALBC.com Author Profile
- Ben Okri's official Facebook Page
- Ben Okri's MySpace page
- Ben Okri's official page on the Booker Prizes website.
- Full length You Tube video of Ben Okri winning the 1991 Booker Prize.
- The Ben Okri Bibliography – an extensive bibliography of works by and about Ben Okri. Also includes a short biography and an introduction to his work.
- Audio: Ben Okri in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion programme The Forum, 19 July 2009.
- Ben Okri on RSA Audio, 4 April 2011.
- "The Awakening Age", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "Draw", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "Lines in Potentis" Diarsipkan 14 November 2017 di Wayback Machine., a poem by Ben Okri.
- "Children of the Dream", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "Dancing With Change", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "I sing a new freedom", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "As clouds pass above our heads...", a poem by Ben Okri.
- "O That Abstract Garden" Diarsipkan 12 January 2013 di Wayback Machine., a poem by Ben Okri.
- Ben Okri: An extended film interview with transcripts for the Why Are We Here? documentary series.
- Réhab Abdelghany, "A Question of Power: Ben Okri's 'Meditations on Greatness' at Africa Writes", Africa in Words, 24 August 2015.
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Pemenang Booker Prize
- Newby (1969)
- Rubens (1970)
- Farrell (1970)†
- Naipaul (1971)
- Berger (1972)
- Farrell (1973)
- Gordimer / Middleton (1974)
- Jhabvala (1975)
- Storey (1976)
- Scott (1977)
- Murdoch (1978)
- Fitzgerald (1979)
- Golding (1980)
- Rushdie (1981)
- Keneally (1982)
- Coetzee (1983)
- Brookner (1984)
- Hulme (1985)
- K. Amis (1986)
- Lively (1987)
- Carey (1988)
- Ishiguro (1989)
- Byatt (1990)
- Okri (1991)
- Ondaatje / Unsworth (1992)
- Doyle (1993)
- Kelman (1994)
- Barker (1995)
- Swift (1996)
- Roy (1997)
- McEwan (1998)
- Coetzee (1999)
- Atwood (2000)
- Carey (2001)
- Martel (2002)
- Pierre (2003)
- Hollinghurst (2004)
- Banville (2005)
- Desai (2006)
- Enright (2007)
- Adiga (2008)
- Mantel (2009)
- Jacobson (2010)
- Barnes (2011)
- Mantel (2012)
- Catton (2013)
- Flanagan (2014)
- James (2015)
- Beatty (2016)
- Saunders (2017)
- Anna Burns (Milkman) (2018)
- Margaret Atwood (2019)
- Douglas Stuart (2020)
- Damon Galgut (2021)
- Shehan Karunatilaka (2022)
- † Dianugerahi pada 2010 sebagai Lost Man Booker Prize, karena keputusan peraturan kontes
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