Ben Okri, Biography, The Famished Road, Books, & Facts

Ben Okri is a Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and poet who used magic realism to convey the social and political chaos in the country of his birth. His novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize in 1991. Learn more about Ben Okri’s life and writings here.

An interview with Ben Okri

Ben Okri in Conversation with Chika Okeke-Agulu

It Took Nearly 30 Years. Is America Ready for Ben Okri's Novels? - The New York Times

Ben Okri - Wikipedia

Infinite Riches (The Famished Road Trilogy): 9781529113112: Okri, Ben: Books

Ben Okri: 'The Famished Road was written to give myself reasons to live', Ben Okri

Yorkshire Festival of Story - Master Artist: Ben Okri - Yorkshire Dales National Park : Yorkshire Dales National Park

Ben Okri, Biography, The Famished Road, Books, & Facts

Sir Ben Okri: Being honoured means helping the human race to be more civilised - The Irish News

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of The Famished Road and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri ‹ Literary Hub

A Different Booklist

Booker Prize–Winning Author Ben Okri to Deliver Ha Jin Lecture Tonight, BU Today