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Chinua Achebe Biography

He was born in 1930 in Nigeria.
He was a novelist, poet, professor and critic.
He is popularly  known for his novel, Things Fall Apart.
He was a Christian by religion.
He won a scholarship for undergraduate studies.
He worked in Broadcasting Service of Nigeria.
He discusses the effects of Christian influences and clash of values during and after the colonial era.
Isaiah Okafo was his father.
His mother's name was Janet Anaenechi.

The family belonged to the Catholic.
In 1936, Achebe entered St Philips' Central School.
He also studies at Dennis Memorial Grammar School.
He passed the entrance examination for Govt. College Umuahia.
He also passed the entrance Examination for the University College Umuahia.
He served as Herald's editor.
He married Christie Okili in 1961,
He also served a foreign ambassador.

He was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in June 2007.

Achebe was awarded Lillian Gish Prize and The Dorothy.

Chinua Achebe Works

Novels
Things Fall Apart
No Longer at Ease
Arrow of God
A Man of the People
Anthills of the Savannah

Short Stories
Marriage Is A Private Affair
Dead Men's Path
The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories
Civil Peace
Girls at War and Other Stories
African Short Stories
The Voter

Poetry

Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems
Christopher Okigho
Another Africa (1998)

Collected Poems
Refugee Mother And Child
Vultures

Essays, Criticism
The Novelist as Teacher
An Image of Africa
Morning Yet on Creation Day
The Trouble With Nigeria
Hopes and Impediments.