Ben Okri was born in Nigeria in 1959, and now lives in England. At once a poet, a fiction writer and an essayist, he is best known for his novel The Famished Road, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1991. His latest book of fiction is entitled Tales of Freedom (2009), and his new collection of essays, A Time for New Dreams, was released earlier this year.

Comments and additions are most welcome and can be sent to the editor of this bibliography, Daria Tunca.

15 April 2013: Secondary Sources updated.

8 December 2012: Secondary Sources updated with a reference to Vanessa Guignery's recently published book, Seeing and Being: Ben Okri's The Famished Road.

31 August 2012: Secondary Sources updated.

16 July 2012: Secondary Sources updated. With reiterated thanks to Vanessa Guignery.

8 June 2012: Secondary Sources and On the Internet sections updated.

31 May 2012: Secondary Sources updated.

22 May 2012: Primary Sources, Secondary Sources and On the Internet sections updated. The bulk of the update consists of secondary sources on The Famished Road, kindly sent to me by Vanessa Guignery, who has just compiled an extensive bibliography on the novel and will be organising an international conference about the book in October 2012. A special thanks to her!