Nobel Prize winner takes the stage Meet Wole Soyinka

One of the most interesting exponents of world literature, Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1986, will open the Nobel Prize Winners take the stage series, created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the University in collaboration with TheBauers and the Venice Foundation.

Wole Soyinka, who will close the ‘Incroci di Civiltà’ festival on April 7th, will meet the public on Monday 9th April at 6pm in the Auditorium Santa Margherita at Ca’ Foscari during the ‘YORUBA-ROMA: ROMANCING THE GODS!’ conference.
He will be introduced by Flavio Gregori, Vice-Provost for Cultural Activities and Relations.

The event on Tuesday 10th April at 11am in the Aula Baratto will be on POETRY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY, and is specifically dedicated to Ca’ Foscari students.
It will also be moderatex by Marco Fazzini, professor at University Ca’ Foscari of Venice.

Both the events will be held in English.
To participate it is necessary to confirm your attendance at  eventi@unive.it indicating specifically the event you will be going to.

Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize Winner for literature in 1986, and born in Nigeria in 1934, is a successful playwright, poet, novelist and essayist. He has published more than thirty works and continues to be active in various international organisations, from artistic ones to human rights. After having studied in Nigeria, he went on to study in Leeds, England, and has worked for the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 1960 he returned to Nigeria where he founded two theatre companies, ‘The 1960 Masks’, and the ‘Orisun Theatre’. Soyinka has contributed to various genres; with the light comedy of The Lion and the Jewel (1959) and of The Jero Plays (1963, 1973), moving on to the fiercely satirical King Baabu in 2002, a bit of tragic lyricism in 1975 with Death and the King’s Horseman. Soyinka has also written novels and autobiographical books, including Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981) and the more recent You Must Set Forth at Dawn (2006) celebrated as one of the best non-fiction works in 2006. He has also published numerous collections of essays and various volumes of poetry. He has also published numerous collections of essays and volumes of poetry. Recently, he has also written the autobiographical The Man Died (2016). Wole Soyinka is currently an Honorary Professor in Comparative Literature at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, a Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada and a Hutchins Fellow at Harvard University.

The Nobel lectures will include:

Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 1986 - taking the stage in April
Robert Merton, Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 1997 - taking the stage in September
Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 1998 - taking the stage in May
Robert Engle, Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2003 - taking the stage in May
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 2010 - taking the stage in June
Thomas Sargent, Nobel Prize Winner for Economics in 2011 - taking the stage in Autumn