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.

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The Famished Road (1991) by Ben Okri - All the Booker Prize Winners Ranked — Eyes on the Prize

Ben Okri: How I wrote The Famished Road

The text as riddle and Death's many ways: Ben Okri's The Famished Road

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

In-depth interview with Ben Okri

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

FBF: Ben Okri, Tiger Work - Talks - What's On - The Poly at Falmouth

Ben Okri – writers make worlds