Chinua Achebe
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 11 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 16,1930 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Ogidi |
| Nigeria | |
| Date of died | March 21,2013 |
| Died | Boston |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Job | Author |
| Teacher | |
| Novelist | |
| Professor | |
| Poet | |
| Philosopher | |
| Literary critic | |
| Education | University of London |
| University of Ibadan | |
| Government College Umuahia | |
| University of London International Programmes | |
| Awards | Man Booker International Prize |
| Peace Prize of the German Book Trade | |
| The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize | |
| St. Louis Literary Award | |
| International Booker Prize | |
| Spouse | Christiana Chinwe Okoli |
| Children | Nwando Achebe |
| Chidi Chike Achebe | |
| Ikechukwu Achebe | |
| Chinelo Achebe | |
| Parents | Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam Achebe |
| Isaiah Okafo Achebe | |
| Downwards | Anthills of the Savannah |
| Hopes and Impediments | |
| Biafra | |
| Chike and the River | |
| Siblings | Zinobia Uzoma Ikpeze |
| Frank Okwuofu Achebe | |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 445760 |
Anthills of the Savannah
An Image of Africa
Girls at war and other stories
The trouble with Nigeria
Home and exile
The Education of a British-Protected Child
The Voter
Chike and the River
Hopes and Impediments
How the leopard got his claws
Beware Soul Brother
Morning Yet on Creation Day: Essays
Africa's Tarnished Name
Collected poems
An Image of Africa: The Trouble with Nigeria
The flute
Chinua Achebe
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
Another Africa
Things Fall Apart SparkNotes Literature Guide
The drum
Dilo Di Masoake
Vengeful Creditor
Termitenhügel in der Savanne. Roman.
Chinua Achebe: A Celebration
The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994
Things Fall Apart: An Adapted Classic
Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos
The university and the leadership factor in Nigerian politics
Contemporary World Literature: The African Trilogy; House of the Spirits; One Hundred Years of Solitude; The Cairo Trilogy; A House for Mr. Biswas; Midnight's Children
Katchikali
The African Trilogy
Ígbésí ayé Okonkwo
African Rhapsody: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience
Devta Ka Baan
Kitto dena!
No Longer at Ease (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Yuddhera meẏerā o anyānya galpa
Black Writer Series: Interview Series
A Tribute to James Baldwin: Black Writers Redefine the Struggle : Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, April 22-23, 1988 Featuring Chinua Achebe . . . [et Al. ]
Arrow of God
A Man of the People
Things Fall Apart
No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe Life story
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart, occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.
Zimbabwe's obsession with Animal Farm as novel gets Shona translation
... Their translating partnership with House of Books, a small Zimbabwean publisher, is set to continue with Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe - a seminal work that deals with the impact of colonialism in Africa - next on their list...
Ghana's Pan African Heritage Museum seeks to reclaim Africa's history
... " Indeed, as the late Nigerian literary giant Chinua Achebe observed: " Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter...
Five things about Nigeria: The super power, without power
... Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature, And contemporary authors such as Chigozie Obioma, Helon Habila, Chibundu Onuzo Sefi Atta and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani keep the tradition, just to mention a few of those who drew prizes...
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