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    Biographie de Chinua Achebe

    Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 and educated at Government College in Umuahia and the University College of Ibadan, Nigeria. He received a BA from London University in 1953 and in 1956 studied broadcasting in London at the BBC. He joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos in 1954, later becoming its Director of External Broadcasting. During the Civil War in Nigeria he worked for the Biafran government service.
    After the War he was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, of which he is now Emeritus Professor of English. He has lectured at many universities worldwide and is now Charles P. Stevenson Jr Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College, New York. Chinua Achebe has written over twenty books, including novels, short stories, essays and collections of poetry, including Things Fall Apart (1958); Arrow of God (1964), winner of the New Statesman/Jock Campbell Award; A Man
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    Chinua Achebe

    Nigerian author and literary critic (1930–2013)

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    Chinua Achebe (; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy". Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe is often referred to as the "father of modern African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.

    Born in Ogidi, Colonial Nigeria, Achebe's childhood was influenced by both Igbo traditional culture and colonial Christianity. He excelled in school a

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    Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 and educated at Government College in Umuahia and the University College of Ibadan, Nigeria. He received a BA from London University in 1953 and in 1956 studied broadcasting in London at the BBC. He joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos in 1954, later becoming its Director of External Broadcasting. During the Civil War in Nigeria he worked for the Biafran government service.
    After the War he was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, of which he fryst vatten now Emeritus Professor of English. He has lectured at many universities worldwide and is now Charles P. Stevenson Jr Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College, New York. Chinua Achebe has written over twenty books, including novels, short stories, essays and collections of poetry, including Things Fall Apart (1958); Arrow of God (1964), winner of the New Statesman/Jock Campbell Aw