Editing Wole Soyinka (section)

===Marriage and teaching ===
In 1958 Soyinka married British writer Barbara Dixon, whom he met while studying at the University of Leeds in the 1950s. The couple gave birth to a son, [[Olaokun Soyinka|Olaokun]] and a daughter, Morenike. After they separated, he married in 1963 to a Nigerian librarian Olaide Idowu. They had three daughters: Moremi, Iyetade (1965–2013),{{sfn|''Sahara Reporters''|2013}} Peyibomi and a son, Ilemakin. Soyinka also married Folake Doherty in 1989 and had three sons: Tunlewa, Bojode and Eniara.

From 1975 to 1999, Soyinka served as a Professor of [[Comparative literature]] at [[Obafemi Awolowo University]]. In the US, he taught at [[Cornell University]] as the [[Goldwin Smith]] professor for African Studies and Theatre Arts from 1988 to 1991. At [[Emory University]], he was appointed [[Robert W. Woodruff Professor]] of the Arts in 1996 and has been a Professor of Creative Writing at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]. Soyinka served as scholar-in-residence at [[New York University]]'s Institute of African American Affairs and at [[Loyola Marymount University]] in Los Angeles, California. He has also taught at the universities of [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Yale]]. He was a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at [[Duke University]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://alumni.duke.edu/magazine/articles/soyinka-stage |title=Soyinka on Stage {{!}} Nobel laureate works with student production of his play |magazine=Duke Magazine |date=31 January 2011 |issue=January–February 2011 |access-date=18 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2017, Soyinka received the [[Europe Theatre Prize]] in the "Special Prize" category,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/12/12/wole-soyinka-wins-europe-theatre-prize/ |title=Wole Soyinka Wins The Europe Theatre Prize |first=Kunle |last=Ajibade |date=12 December 2017 |work=PM NEWS Nigeria |access-date=24 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.concisenews.global/news/soyinka-wins-2017-the-europe-theatre-prize/ |title=Soyinka Wins 2017 Europe Theatre Prize |date=15 December 2017 |work=Concise News |access-date=24 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> awarded to someone who has "contributed to the realization of cultural events that promote understanding and the exchange of knowledge between peoples".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.jamesmurua.com/wole-soyinka-to-receive-europe-theatre-prize-2017/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034855/http://www.jamesmurua.com/wole-soyinka-to-receive-europe-theatre-prize-2017/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 December 2017 |title=Wole Soyinka to receive Europe Theatre Prize 2017 |date=14 December 2017 |work=James Murua's Literature Blog |access-date=24 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>