Chinua Achebe

Writing

Born: 1930-11-16
Died: 2013-03-21
From: Ogidi, Nigeria
Gender: Male
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Biography

Chinua Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. He was a writer, known for Things Fall Apart (1971), Things Fall Apart (1987) and Ebony (1982). He was married to Christine Chinwe Okoli. He died on March 21, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Awards & Nominations10 won Β· 3 nominated

πŸ† Won

International Booker Prize

2007
Nominated

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2004
πŸ† Won

Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

2002
πŸ† Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2002
πŸ† Won

St. Louis Literary Award

1999
πŸ† Won

International Nonino Prize

1994
Nominated

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

1994
πŸ† Won

honorary doctorate

1989
Nominated

Booker Prize

Anthills of the Savannah

1987
πŸ† Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1983
πŸ† Won

Nigerian National Order of Merit Award

1979
πŸ† Won

Lotus Prize for Literature

1975
πŸ† Won

Commonwealth Poetry Prize

1972