Chinua Achebe - Wikipedia
WebChinua Achebe (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ n w ɑː ə ˈ tʃ ɛ b eɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe;16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature.
Chinua Achebe | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
WebMar 17, 2024 · Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values upon traditional African society. He is best known for his first novel Things Fall Apart (1958).
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart, Books & Quotes - Biography
WebApr 2, 2014 · Who Was Chinua Achebe? Chinua Achebe made a splash with the publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. Renowned as one of the seminal works of African literature,...
Chinua Achebe | Poetry Foundation
WebChinua Achebe. Writer Chinua Achebe was born in the village of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria. His father worked for the Church Missionary Society, and his early education was through the society’s school. At the age of eight, Achebe began to learn English.
Chinua Achebe - Literature - British Council
WebChinua Achebe wrote more than 20 books - novels, short stories, essays and collections of poetry - including Things Fall Apart (1958), which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages; Arrow of God (1964); Beware, Soul Brother and Other Poems (1971), winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize ...
Chinua Achebe and his works | Britannica
WebChinua Achebe, (born Nov. 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria—died March 21, 2013, Boston, Mass., U.S.), Nigerian Igbo novelist. Concerned with emergent Africa at its moments of crisis, he is acclaimed for depictions of the disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values on traditional African society.
Chinua Achebe Was 'Grandfather' Of African Literature : NPR
WebMar 22, 2013 · Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died. He's been called the grandfather of African literature. Achebe's 1958 novel, "Things Fall Apart," a story of English colonialism told from an African...
Chinua Achebe and the Great African Novel | The New Yorker
WebMay 19, 2008 · The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe recounts this myth, which exists in hundreds of versions throughout Africa, in one of his essays. Sometimes, Achebe writes, the messenger is a chameleon, a...
Chinua Achebe | The Booker Prizes
WebChinua Achebe. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2007. The poet, critic and novelist Chinua Achebe came to prominence in 1958 with Things Fall Apart. By 1987 and Anthills of the Savannah, he was a venerated figure.
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer, Dies at 82 - The New York Times
WebMar 22, 2013 · Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and towering man of letters whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature and to rewrite the story of a continent that had long...
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