What You Should Know About Ben Okri | Ben Okri’s Birthday
Ben Okri, born on this day in 1959, is a Nigerian poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, aphorist, and playwright. He is popularly known for his hard-to-categorize style of writing that challenges perceptions of spirituality and reality. His best-known work, 1991 Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road, is the first in a trilogy detailing the life…