Okri
Britishnoun
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Guests in attendance included the actress Sigourney Weaver and the poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
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
Okri went unpublished in the U.S. for nearly 30 years.
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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