| 词条 | Akinwunmi Isola |
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Early life and careerHe was born in Ibadan in 1939, attended Labode Methodist School and Wesley College. He studied at the University of Ibadan, earning a B.A. in French. He earned an M.A. in Yoruba literature from the University of Lagos in 1978 before commencing academic work as a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He was appointed Professor at the same University in 1991. Isola wrote his first play, Efunsetan Aniwura,[4] during 1961-62 while still a student at the University of Ibadan. This was followed by a novel, O Leku. In 1986, he wrote and composed the college anthem that is currently being sung in Wesley College Ibadan.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He went on to write a number of plays and novels. He broke into broadcasting, creating a production company that has turned a number of his plays into television dramas and films. Though he claims that "my target audience are Yorubas", Isola has also written in English[5] and translated to Yoruba.[3] On May 4, 2015, his book, Herbert Macaulay and the Spirit of Lagos was staged at University of Ilorin, Kwara state at the Performing Arts Theatre, it was directed by Adams Abdulfatai Ayomide, for the annual season of plays festival. In 2000, in recognition of his immense contributions, he was awarded the National Merit Award and the Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. He was a visiting professor at the University of Georgia.[6] Personal lifeAkinwunmi Isola was married and had four children.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} DeathAkinwunmi Isola died on 17 February 2018 in Ibadan, Oyo State, aged 78.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQUgAQAAIAAJ&q=Akinwunmi+Isola+24+december+1939&dq=Akinwunmi+Isola+24+december+1939&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk6Kme2LPZAhWjg-AKHfLEBLoQ6AEIJzAA|title=Conversations with African Writers: Interviews with Twenty-six African Authors|first=Lee|last=Nichols|date=20 February 1981|publisher=Voice of America|via=Google Books}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/yorubaaffairs/a5Tep0pjgU0|title=Google Groups|website=groups.google.com}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=bG77sRtJt4cC&pg=PP21&lpg=PP21&dq=akinwumi+isola+translator+english+yoruba&source=bl&ots=p8iadLa3nn&sig=0Q98glxXzRYeD5_XiGqkkqvk31g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fpDMVOVozuOwBPibgIAP&ved=0CDkQ6AEwCTgK|title=Blazing the Path: Fifty Years of Things Fall Apart|author=Chima Anyadike|author2=Kehinde Ayoola|isbn=978-9-78-081-18-46|publisher=African books Collective|accessdate=31 January 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.punchng.com/feature/life-times/i-misrepresented-efunsetan-aniwura-in-my-book-prof-akinwumi-isola|title=I misrepresented Efunsetan Aniwura in my book|publisher=The Punch|accessdate=6 August 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044024/http://www.punchng.com/feature/life-times/i-misrepresented-efunsetan-aniwura-in-my-book-prof-akinwumi-isola|archivedate=8 August 2014}} 5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=HoP6dxyWPvAC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=akinwumi+isola+translator+english+yoruba&source=bl&ots=kIXXMRiC-q&sig=DeTJU0sp2-Fp0BhD3D6nTz7p12A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fpDMVOVozuOwBPibgIAP&ved=0CDYQ6AEwCDgK|publisher=PEN America Center|title=PEN America 13: Lovers|accessdate=31 January 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nnma.gov.ng/CITATION%20ON%20PROFESSOR%20AKINWUMI%20ISOLA.pdf|title=Citation on Professor Akinwunmi Isola|website=Nigerian National Nerit Award|format=pdf|accessdate=19 February 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://lailasnews.com/professor-akinwunmi-isola-dead|title=Professor Akinwunmi Isola is dead|publisher=Lailasnews|accessdate=17 February 2018 }} Links
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