Authors under the auspices of South West Authors Forum and the Association of Nigerian Authors, Ogun State Chapter have felicitated the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 91st birthday on July 13.
According to a statement signed by the President of SWAF who also doubles as the Chairman of Ogun ANA, Dr. Chris Omotosho, “authors are joining the whole world to celebrate the iconic and multi-talented literary giant who is God’s special gift to humanity”.
The bodies call for concerted efforts to sustain the annual Wole Soyinka Prize For Literature which the laureate had identified as a veritable and dear project close to his heart and a major inspiration to contemporary writers.
ANA Ogun at its July Business Meeting/Readings dedicated to Professor Wole Soyinka resolved that the annual Prize would immortalise the awesome contributions of “Eni Ogun to all the genre of lliterature”.
Special reading sessions of Soyinka’s works were held while torrents of tributes flowed to celebrate his industry, ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness.The statement added “it is a great delight and somewhat a pride to us in ANA Ogun that our own indefatigable, cerebral, renowned playwright, Essayist, Poet, Actor, Theatre Director, Human Rights Activist and Social Crusader…Here is wishing him many more years ahead in good health, sound mind and selfless services to the cause of humanity. Happy birthday, Kongi!”
