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

The Next Chapter's speculative fiction panel shares 9 books to escape into this summer

The Famished Road Trilogy by Ben Okri

Magical quotes from 'The Famished Road' by Ben Okri - Kentake Page

The Famished Road - Ben Okri, Vintage Classic [1991]

The Famished Road: Ben Okri's Imaginary Homelands - Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The Freedom Artist

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

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

In-depth interview with Ben Okri

The Famished Road - B&N Reads

Dull. Tedious. Contrived. My 10 Least Favourite Booker Prize Winners : BookerTalk