The first novel in the Yorùbá language was "Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo Irunmale" (translated by Wole Soyinka as "The Forest of A Thousand Daemons"), although the literal translation is "The bravery of a hunter in the forest of deities", written in 1938 by Chief Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963). It contains the picaresque tales of a Yoruba hunter encountering folklore elements, such as magic, monsters, spirits, and gods. It was one of the first novels to be written in any African language. Fagunwa wrote other works based on similar themes, and remains the most widely read Yorùbá-language author.