Chinua Achebe, author portrait
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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart, became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.
The African Trilogy
A Man of the People
There Was a Country
Chike and the River
The Education of a British-Protected Child
The African Trilogy
Collected Poems
Home and Exile
Anthills of the Savannah
Things Fall Apart
No Longer at Ease
Things Fall Apart
Girls at War
Hopes and Impediments
Arrow of God

Books

The African Trilogy
A Man of the People
There Was a Country
Chike and the River
The Education of a British-Protected Child
The African Trilogy
Collected Poems
Home and Exile
Anthills of the Savannah
Things Fall Apart
No Longer at Ease
Things Fall Apart
Girls at War
Hopes and Impediments
Arrow of God

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