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Okri

British  
/ ˈɒkrɪ /

noun

  1. Ben. born 1959, Nigerian writer; his books include the Booker-prizewinning The Famished Road (1991), Dangerous Love (1996), and In Arcadia (2002)

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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