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.

Arts Archives - The Crest

Ben Okri: Beyond Myth and Magic ‹ Literary Hub

The Famished Road (1991), by Ben Okri, winner of the Booker Prize 1991

The Famished Road

The Famished Road - UdaraBooks - Online Bookstore In Nigeria

Ben Okri, the Nigerian British writer talks books, homelessness

Books & Bibliography - Ben Okri Official Site

Ben Okri - Wikipedia

You either do this or you die': how Ben Okri wrote The Famished Road