Okri
Britishnoun
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Sir Tom Stoppard, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Sir Ben Okri and Julia Donaldson put their calligraphy skills to the test making the latest works.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
Rejecting the term “climate emergency” in favor of “humanity emergency,” Ben Okri puts forth an indictment of humanity that is counterbalanced only by his belief in its capacity for evolution.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2023
Ben Okri, the prizewinning Nigerian British author, has never been easy to define.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Okri never dwells on the horror of slavery itself — instead, he makes us fall in love with the world it’s about to destroy.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
And during the event, BBC writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed interviewed Stuart along with poet and novelist Ben Okri, the 1991 Booker Prize winner for “The Famished Road.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
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