Chinua Achebe

Writing

Born: 1930-11-16

Died: 2013-03-21

From: Ogidi, Nigeria

Gender: Male

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 · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

International Booker Prize

2007

Nominated

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2004

🏆 Won

Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

2002

🏆 Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2002

🏆 Won

St. Louis Literary Award

1999

🏆 Won

International Nonino Prize

1994

Nominated

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

1994

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

1989

Nominated

Booker Prize

Anthills of the Savannah

1987

🏆 Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1983

🏆 Won

Nigerian National Order of Merit Award

1979

🏆 Won

Lotus Prize for Literature

1975

🏆 Won

Commonwealth Poetry Prize

1972

Acting1 title

7.0

Movie

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

1982Documentary

Writing1 title

Series

Things Fall Apart

1987Drama