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x FEMI OSOFISAN ima istaknutu akadamsku karijeru toko m četiri decenije. On je profesor emeritus pozorišnih umetnosti Univerziteta u Ibadanu i Istaknuti profesor na Kwara državnom univerzitetu, Malete, Morin, Nigerija. Osofisan je pozorišni reditelj, dramski pisac, esejist, glumac, kritičar, pesnik, romanopisac, urednik i novinski kolumnist. Napisao je i postavio na scenu preko sedamdeset komada, izdao pet knjiga poezije, četiri romana i nekoliko zbirki eseja. Komadi su mu među najizvodenijima u Nigeriji. Republika Francuska mu je dodelila zvanje Officier de l’Ordre Nationale de Merite (1999), a nosilac je i nigerijskog National Order of Merit In the Humanities [NNOM] (2004); dobio je nagradu Fonlon-Nichols za književnost i borbu za ljudska prava (2006) i zvanje Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters [FNAL] (2006). Osofisanovi komadi izvode se u mnogim zemljama, u kojima je takođe predavao iii se bavio istraživanjem, uključujući Japan, Šri Lanku, Ganu, Lesoto, Kinu, SAD, Kanadu, Veliku Britaniju, Francusku i Južnu Afriku.

x FEMI OSOFISAN has had a distinguished career in the academia for about four decades. Fie is Emeritus Professor of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, and Distinguished professor, Kwara State University, Malete, Morin, Nigeria. He is a theatre director, playwright, essayist, actor, critic, poet, novelist, editor and newspaper columnist, Osofisan has written and produced more than seventy plays, five volumes of poetry, four novels and several collections of essays. His plays are among the most produced in Nigeria, He has been honoured with Officier de l’Ordre Nationale de Merite, Rep. de France (1999); Nigerian National Order of Merit in the Humanities [NNOM] (2004); Fonlon-Nichols Prize for Literature and the Struggle for Human Rights (2006), and Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters [FNAL] (2006). Osofisan’s plays have been performed in many countries, where he has also held teaching or research fellowships, including Japan, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Lesotho, China, USA, Canada, UK, France, and South Africa.

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