His parents stood at a crossroads of traditional culture and Christian influence this made a significant impact on the children, especially Chinualumogu. (From the publisher.)Ĭhinua was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe in the Igbo village of Nneobi, on November 16, 1930. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe's masterpiece, has been published in fifty different languages and has sold millions of copies in the United States since its original publication in 1958-1959. Of his novels, Arrow of God won the New Statesman-Jock Campbell Award, and Anthills of the Savannah was a finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize. His volume of poetry, Christmas in Biafra, written during the Biafran War, was the joint winner of the first Commonwealth Poetry Prize. Currently-lives in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USAĬhinua Achebe was cited in the London Sunday Times as one of the "1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century" for defining "a modern African literature that was truly African" and thereby making "a major contribution to world literature."Īchebe has published novels short stories, essays, and children's books. Government College (in Umuahia) University of Ibadan Education-Dennis Memorial Grammar School (in Onitsha).
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