Wole Soyinka received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, making them laureate number 83 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are the only writer from Nigeria to have won the prize.
Our pick for reading Wole Soyinka for the first time is Death and the King's Horseman.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.