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Chinua Achebe

(Albert Chinualumogu Achebe)
Nigeria (1930 - )

About Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe, born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16, 1930, is 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.

Series

African Trilogy
1. Things Fall Apart (1958)
2. No Longer at Ease (1960)
3. Arrow of God (1964)
The African Trilogy (omnibus) (1988)

Novels

A Man of the People (1966)
Anthills of the Savannah (1987)

Collections

Girls At War: And Other Stories (1972)
Beware, Soul Brother (poems) (1972)
Things Fall Apart: and Related Readings (1996)
Collected Poems (poems) (2004)

Picture Books

How the Leopard Got His Claws (1972) (with John Iroaganachi)
The Flute: A Childrens Story (1977)

Chapter Books

Chike and the River (1966)

Anthologies edited

Winds of Change: Modern Short Stories from Black Africa (1977)
African Short Stories (1985) (with C L Innes)
The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (1992) (with Lynn Innes)

Non fiction

Awards

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

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