{"id":14127,"date":"2017-03-07T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T09:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14127"},"modified":"2017-05-19T15:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:51:16","slug":"osundare-professor-olaniyi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/osundare-professor-olaniyi\/","title":{"rendered":"OSUNDARE, Professor Olaniyi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., Ph.D., poet, writer, academic; b: March 12, 1947; ht: Ikere-Ekiti, so: Ekiti; m: Adekemi Odedele, 1975; nc: one s, two d; ed: St. Luke&#8217;s School, Ikere, 1953-59;Amoye Grammar School, Ikere, 1961-66; Christ&#8217;s School, Ado-Ekiti, 1967- 68; University of Ibadan, 1969-72; University of Ueds, England, 1973-74; York University, Toronto, Canada, 1976-79. cr: School teacher, Christ&#8217;s School, Ado-Ekiti, 1972-73; snr. Ucturer in English, University of Ibadan, 1982; Columnist, Newswatch Magazine, 1986; mm: African Literature Association of Nigerian Authors; Association of Nigerian Authors, National Commission for Museums &#038; Monuments; University of Ibadan, 1982-2005, where he retired; prof, of English of New Orleans, USA; visiting prof. Franklin Pierced College. New Hamspire. awards: Winner, First Prize, Western State Poetry Competition, 1968; Book Prize in the BBC Poetry Competition, 1981; Poetry Prize, Association of Nigerian Authors Award, 1986; Overall Joint-Winner, Commonwealth Poetry Prize, 1986. NOMA Award, the Cadbury Prize, Fonlon-Nichols Award, 1998; publ: Songs of The Market Place, New Horn Press, 1983, Village Voices, Evans, Ibadan, 1984, A Nib in the Pond, Unite Monograph Series, Ife, 1986, the Eye of Tlie Earth, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1986, Moonsongs, Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 1988; \/ Want To Touch The World; Telling Gift; Waiting Laugters; Horses of Memory, 1999; fd: Doctorate degree in Human letters by Franklin Pierce College, Rindge New Hampshire; Head of English department University of Orleans, USA; hob: writing, reading. off: Department of English, University of New Orleans, USA. res: Flat 1, Block 2, Barth Road, University of Ibadan, Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,2415],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14127","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14127"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}