Biographie

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 1946 in Erunwon, Ogun State) is a Nigerian writer known for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his novels. A frequent theme his novels explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is in fact a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. Femi Osofisan also known as F.O. has three prose works Ma'ami, Abigial, and Cordelia which was first produced in newspaper columns, the Times and then The Guardian. Several of F.O's plays are adapted. Plays such as 1. Women of Owu from Euripides Trojan Women. 2. Who's Afraid of Solarin? Nicolai Gogol's Government Inspector; 3. No more the Wasted Breed Soyinka's 'Strong Breed; 4. Another Raft J.P Clark's The Raft; 5. Tegonni: An African Antigone from Sophocles Antigone and others. (Wkipedia, consulté le 21/04/2015)

Nationalité

Nigéria