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Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, teacher and critic. The debut novel Things Fall Apart, often considered his masterpiece, is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by his parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at Umuahia Government College and won a scholarship to study medicine, but then majored in English literature at the Graduate School. . He became enamored with world religions and traditional African cultures and began writing stories as a university student. After graduating, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Agency and quickly moved to the capital Lagos. He gained worldwide attention with his novel Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; His later novels include No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah. Achebe wrote his novel in English and defended the use of English, "the language of the colonies", in African literature.
BornAlbert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, November 16, 1930, Ogidi, British Nigeria
DiedMarch 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeOgidi, Anambra, Nigeria
OccupationWriter and teacher, —David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of African Studies Brown University (2009–2013), —Charles P. Stevenson Professor of Languages and Literature Bard College (1990–2008)
NationalityIgbo of Nigeria
Period1958–2012
Notable worksThe African Trilogy, —Things Fall Apart, —No Longer at Ease, —Arrow of God, A Man of the People, Anthills of the Savannah
Notable awardsNigerian National Order of Merit Award 1979, St. Louis Literary Award 1999, The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize 2010
Years active1930–2013
Children4, including Chidi and Nwando

About Chinua Achebe

Novelist Chinua Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria (He dies at the age of 82, on March 21, 2013).

Nigerian novelist, poet, and educator best known for his famous work Things Fall Apart, which has become one of Africa's most widely read novels.

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Chinua Achebe before becoming famous

Chinua Achebe was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1930 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

His intellect was observed in school when he began reading at an early age. He studied at Nigeria's first institution, University College.

Achievement of Chinua Achebe

In 1972, he accepted a professorship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Chinua Achebe's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1961, he married Christie Okoli, with whom he had four children.

Chinua Achebe on Social Media

Chinua Achebe Collabed with

He was well-known for his criticisms of Heart of Darkness author Novelist Joseph Conrad's racial beliefs.

Chinua Achebe Income & Net worth

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