Awon ami eye ti o ti gba ni Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa ti odun 2006 ati Noma Award for Publishing in Africati odun 2009.Itan igbesi aye re Won bi Atta ni Ipinle Eko, Orile-ede Naijiria, ni osu kinni odun 1964, sinu idile omo marun-un.. 
Ẹmún lọ si government College ni Ibadan, Ipinle Oyo, Achimota College ni Ghana ati ilẹ̀Ile Imo Aje-Igbo Ìbàdàn, leyin naa lo sise gege bi osise aṣọ́gbó fun odun meji.. 