Together they offer a representative sample of what he has said to interviewers for newspapers, journals, and books in many different countries. The earliest was recorded in 1962, the latest in 1995. The interviews collected here span more than thirty years of Achebe's writing career.

Many other Africans have been inspired to write novels by his example. Although he modestly denies the title, it is true that modern African literature would not have flowered so rapidly and spectacularly had he not led the way by telling Africa's story from a distinctively African point of view. Things Fall Apart / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Half of a Yellow Sun (2018)Īchebe often has been called the inventor of the African novel.Critical Insights: Things Fall Apart (2012).An Image of Africa / The Trouble With Nigeria (2010).The Education of a British Protected Child (2009).Conversations with Chinua Achebe (1997).

Things Fall Apart: and Related Readings (1996).

The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (Edited by Chinua Achebe and Lynn Innes) (1992).

African Short Stories (Edited by Chinua Achebe) (1987).

Winds of Change (Edited by Chinua Achebe) (1977).

He died on March 21, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 82. He served in various faculty positions during the 1970s, working at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Nigeria.Īchebe received multiple awards for his works, like the Man Booker International Prize (2007) and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2010), on top of receiving honorary degrees from over 30 universities from all over the world. He released his debut novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958, a book that has not only sold over 20 million copies so far, but has also been translated into more than 50 languages across the globe.Īchebe had a teaching stint before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, serving as the director of external broadcasting between 19. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, popularly known as Chinua Achebe, was a renowned multiple award-winning Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.īorn in Ogidi in eastern Nigeria, he attended University College, presently known as the University of Ibadan, where he studied English and Literature.

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