Chinua Achebe (1930 - 2013) was Nigeria and Africa's most celebrated novelist. Revered author of exceedingly powerful works of fiction like Things fall apart, No longer at ease, Arrow of God, A man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah. Has been honoured with dozens of honorary doctorates and degrees around the world. Also published the intriguing book of essays, The trouble with Nigeria.
Achebe was born in 1930 in the village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria. He studied medicine and literature at the University of Ibadan, and then worked in the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos. Apart from his novels, he has also published shot stories and children’s books. Beware Soul Brother, a book of his poetry won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1972. Achebe, earlier in his career was at the Universities of Nigeria, Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1987 he was recognised in Nigeria with the Nigerian National Merit Award, the country’s highest award for intellectual achievement. Chinua Achebe, whose 80th birthday was lavishly celebrated internationally in November last year (2010), is currently David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown University in the United States of America.
BOOKS BY CHINUA ACHEBE
Novels
Things Fall Apart (1958) No longer at ease (1960) Arrow of God (1964) A Man of the People (1966) Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
Short Stories
The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories (1953) Girls at War and Other Stories (1973) African Short Stories (editor, with C.L. Innes) (1985) Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (editor, with C.L. Innes) (1992) The Voter
Poetry
Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems (1971) (published in the US as Christmas at Biafra, and Other Poems, 1973) Don't let him die: An anthology of memorial poems for Christopher Okigbo (editor, with Dubem Okafor) (1978) Another Africa (1998) Collected Poems (2005) Refugee Mother And Child
Essays, Criticism and Political Commentary
The Novelist as Teacher (1965) An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” (1975) Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975) The Trouble With Nigeria (1984) Hopes and Impediments (1988) Home and Exile (2000) Education of a British protected Child (2009)
Children's Books
Chike and the River (1966) How the Leopard Got His Claws (with John Iroaganachi) (1972) The Flute (1975) The Drum (1978)
Some studies:
Achebe was born in 1930 in the village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria. He studied medicine and literature at the University of Ibadan, and then worked in the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos. Apart from his novels, he has also published shot stories and children’s books. Beware Soul Brother, a book of his poetry won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1972. Achebe, earlier in his career was at the Universities of Nigeria, Massachusetts and Connecticut. In 1987 he was recognised in Nigeria with the Nigerian National Merit Award, the country’s highest award for intellectual achievement. Chinua Achebe, whose 80th birthday was lavishly celebrated internationally in November last year (2010), is currently David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown University in the United States of America.
BOOKS BY CHINUA ACHEBE
Novels
Things Fall Apart (1958) No longer at ease (1960) Arrow of God (1964) A Man of the People (1966) Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
Short Stories
The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories (1953) Girls at War and Other Stories (1973) African Short Stories (editor, with C.L. Innes) (1985) Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (editor, with C.L. Innes) (1992) The Voter
Poetry
Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems (1971) (published in the US as Christmas at Biafra, and Other Poems, 1973) Don't let him die: An anthology of memorial poems for Christopher Okigbo (editor, with Dubem Okafor) (1978) Another Africa (1998) Collected Poems (2005) Refugee Mother And Child
Essays, Criticism and Political Commentary
The Novelist as Teacher (1965) An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” (1975) Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975) The Trouble With Nigeria (1984) Hopes and Impediments (1988) Home and Exile (2000) Education of a British protected Child (2009)
Children's Books
Chike and the River (1966) How the Leopard Got His Claws (with John Iroaganachi) (1972) The Flute (1975) The Drum (1978)
Some studies:
Chinua Achebe: a biography. By Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Chinua Achebe. By Catherine Lynette Innes
Chinua Achebe. By David Carroll
The novels of Chinua Achebe. By G. D Killam
Achebe's world: the historical and cultural context of
the novels of Chinua Achebe. By
Robert M Wren
Robert M Wren
Achebe or Soyinka? : a study in contrasts. By Kole
Omotoso
Achebe the orator : the art of persuasion in Chinua
Achebe's novels. By Chinwe Okechukwu
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