As per our current Database, Wole Soyinka is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Wole Soyinka is 90 years, 5 months and 9 days old. Wole Soyinka will celebrate 91rd birthday on a Sunday 13th of July 2025. Below we countdown to Wole Soyinka upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Wole Soyinka |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Age | 90 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 13, 1934 (Abeokuta, Nigeria) |
| Birthday | July 13 |
| Town/City | Abeokuta, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
Wole Soyinka’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Wole Soyinka was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
The first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, he wrote A Dance of The Forests and the poetry collection The Ballad of the Landlord.
He won several prizes for his writing while at Abẹokuta Grammar School and studied at University College in Ibadan from 1952-54.
He was imprisoned for 22 months during a civil war in Nigeria and wrote a significant amount of material criticizing the Nigerian government during that time.
His father Samuel was an Anglican minister. He married Folake Doherty-Soyinka in 1989 and he has five children.
He dedicated his Nobel Prize to South African freedom-fighter Nelson Mandela in his acceptance speech in 1986.
