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Chinua Achebe

Africa's most famous and illustrious black novelist. Nigerian born writer of powerful fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and children's books

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Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)

Born 1930
Died 2013

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  • Cover of: Glencoe World literature: an anthology of great short stories, poetry, and drama
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    Cover of edition worldliteraturea0000unse First published in 2003 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Language and Literacy
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    Cover of edition isbn_2900133667362 Cover of edition isbn_9780133712735 First published in 2010 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Perrine's literature: structure, sound, and sense: Ninth edition
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  • Cover of: Oklahoma Prentice Hall Literature: Grade Six
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780131652491 Cover of edition isbn_9780131652088 First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Florida: McDougal Littell Literature
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  • Cover of: The Language of Literature: British Literature
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  • Cover of: The Language of Literature: Grade 10
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  • Cover of: Fiction: A Pocket Anthology
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    Cover of edition fictionpocketant0007edgwyn Cover of edition fictionpocketant0000unse_i8k4 First published in 2012 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Riverside anthology of literature
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    Cover of edition isbn_0395572738 First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction: Compact Eighth Edition
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    First published in 2010 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction
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    Cover of edition storyitswriter00annc_0 Cover of edition storyitswriterin300char First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: World Literature: an anthology of great short stories, drama and poetry
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    Cover of edition worldliterature00mcgr First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction
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    First published in 1998 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected poems
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    First published in 2004 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Christmas in Biafra and other poems.
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    First published in 1973 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Modern Stories in English
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    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Literature: reading and responding to fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay
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    Cover of edition literaturereadin0000wing First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Literature from Around the World
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    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Things Fall Apart by Steiner, Rudolf, Achebe, Chinua Paperback

    First published in 1959 — 2 editions
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Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)

Born 1930
Died 2013

Subjects

Fiction, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, self-fulfilment, Literature, History, Classic Literature, Juvenile audience, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, civil war, hanging, Collections, Imagination, Short Stories, Louisiana Creoles, racism, miscegenation, quadroons, Short stories, short stories, American literature

Places

Mallard residence, United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Louisiana, L’Abri, Nigeria, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Africa, Araby, North Richmond Street, Araby bazaar, Ireland, New York, Wall Street, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Galway, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet

People

Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Peyton Farquhar, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, La Blanche, Sandrine, Madame Valmont, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Mangan's sister, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Bartleby

Time

19th century, 1861-65, Antebellum era, 1861-1865, 1600s, 20th century, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Carnival, 1960-, Civil War, 1967-1970, late 19th century, 1950's, 1984-1993, Siglo XX, TwentiethCentury

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Alternative names

  • Achebe, Chinua.
  • CHINUA ACHEBE
  • Chinua Achebe.
  • chinua achebe, Achebe Chinua
  • ACHEBE CHINUA
  • Achebe
  • C Achebe
  • Achebe Chinua
  • Chinwe Achebe

History

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March 11, 2024 Edited by Lisa merge authors
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