Osundare ni iyawo ati omo meta ti won si n gbe ni Orileede Naijiria.Awon ami eye First Prize, Western State of Nigeria Poetry Competition (1968)[11]1981 Major Book Prize and Letter of Commendation, BBC Poetry Competition (1981)[12]Honorable Mention, Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (1986)[13]Honorable Mention, Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (1989)[14]Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize (1986)[citation needed]Joint-Winner, Overall Commonwealth Poetry Prize (1986)[15]Kwanza Award (1991)[16]Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (the first Anglophone African poet to receive the award) (1991)[17]Cadbury/ANA Poetry Prize (Nigeria's highest poetry prize).. 
Ile-iwe giga ijoba apapo Poli federal Polytechnic, ile-olu  ni ile-iwe gìjà to je gboogi ni ilu yii.. 