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Ben Okri
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Author of:
The Age of Magic,
Astonishing the Gods,
The Comic Destiny,
Dangerous Love,
A Fire in My Head,
The Freedom Artist,
In Arcadia,
The Last Gift of the Master Artists,
Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted,
The Magic Lamp: Dreams of Our Age,
Prayer for the Living,
Tiger Work,
A Time for New Dreams,
Waking the Warriors,
A Way of Being Free
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Biography
Sir Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He has won many awards over the years, including the Booker Prize for Fiction, and is also an acclaimed essayist, playwright, and poet. In 2019 Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.