Prof. Wole Soyinka, the recipient of the Nobel Prize, has revealed that he prefers wine to water.
He also said he do not make attempt to be up to date in anything especially in the technology sphere of life.
He claimed that water takes up space and doesn’t provide the required inspiration and fulfillment, so he tries to stay away from it as much as possible.
Speaking in an interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo, the literary icon explained that wine does the magic for him; either for sleep or work.
Responding to a question on why he substituted water for wine during the interview, Soyinka said, “Water just takes up space and you know and it belongs to other commodities. So, I am not keen on water. I avoid water as much as possible.”
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“A good, robust wine either sends you to sleep right away or inspires you to work. You never know which way it (wine) will work,” the Nobel laureate, who turned 90 on July 13, 2024, said in a teaser of the interview shared by Madowo on his X account.
Reflecting on his literary journey and how advancement in technology has impacted his writing, Soyinka explained that he no longer writes on paper.
“I no longer can write on a piece of paper, except maybe scraps of poetry,” he said
