Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (born
November 16,
1930) is a
Nigerian writer.
He attended University College in Ibadan, where he studied English, history and theology. He writes in English, and is one of Africa's most acclaimed writers.
Works
- Things Fall Apart, 1958
- No Longer at Ease, 1960
- The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories, 1962
- Arrow of God, 1964
- A Man of the People, 1966
- Chike and the River, 1966
- Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems, 1971
- How the Leopard Got His Claws (with John Iroaganachi), 1972
- Girls at War, 1973
- Christmas at Biafra, and Other Poems, 1973
- Morning Yet on Creation Day, 1975
- The Flute, 1975
- The Drum, 1978
- The Trouble With Nigeria, 1984
- African Short Stories, 1984
- Anthills of the Savannah, 1988
- Hopes and Impediments, 1988
The title
Things fall apart is taken from
William Butler Yeats' poem,
The Second Coming.
In 1990 he was paralysed from the waist down in a car accident.
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