Tag: Literary Icon
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2023 Polls: Wole Soyinka speaks on endorsing Bola Tinubu
Literary icon and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has debunked the speculations making the rounds that he has endorsed the All Progressives Congress, (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Soyinka berated those peddling the rumours about him supporting Tinubu, saying it’s fake news. A statement by his media office said Nigerians should disregard reports that Soyinka…
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![J.P. Clark [1933-2020]: Life, Times, Achievements of a fallen literary icon](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/JP-Clark.jpg)
J.P. Clark [1933-2020]: Life, Times, Achievements of a fallen literary icon
The literary world has been thrown into unanticipated mourning since the announcement of the death of renowned Nigerian poet and playwright, Prof. John Pepper Clark, popularly known as J.P. Clark on Tuesday. Though born in the creeks of the Niger Delta, he went ahead to bestride the literary world, getting international recognition not just for…