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Chinua Achebe


(Albert Chinualumogu Achebe)
Nigeria (1930 - 2013)

Chinua Achebe, born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16, 1930, was a Nigerian novelist, poet and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely-read book in modern African literature.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Children's Fiction
 
Series
African Trilogy
   1. Things Fall Apart (1958)
   2. No Longer at Ease (1960)
   3. Arrow of God (1964)
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Novels
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Collections
   Girls At War (1972)
   Beware, Soul Brother (poems) (1972)
   Things Fall Apart: and Related Readings (1996)
   Collected Poems (poems) (2004)
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Anthologies edited
   Winds of Change (1977)
   African Short Stories (1987) (with C L Innes)
   The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (1992) (with Lynn Innes)
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Picture Books show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Chinua Achebe recommends
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Black and Female (2022)
Tsitsi Dangarembga
"As natural as the grass grows."
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Stealing Indians (2016)
John Smelcer
"A masterpiece."

Anthologies containing stories by Chinua Achebe
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Twentieth Anniversary Issue (2001)
(Conjunctions, book 37)
edited by
Bradford Morrow

Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1987) : Anthills of the Savannah


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