Ben Okri: Quick Facts

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Born	March 15, 1959 (age 67) • Minna • Nigeria
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1991)
Notable Works	“A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn” • “A Way of Being Free” • “An African Elegy” • “Astonishing the Gods” • “Dangerous Love” • “Flowers and Shadows” • “In Arcadia” • “Incidents at the Shrine” • “Infinite Riches” • “Mental Flight” • “Prayer for the Living” • “Rise Like Lions: Poetry for the Many” • “Songs of Enchantment” • “Starbook” • “Stars of the New Curfew” • “The Age of Magic” • “The Famished Road” • “The Freedom Artist” • “The Landscapes Within” • “A Time for New Dreams” • “Wild”
Movement / Style	magic realism