Elechi Amadi (1934–2016)
Autor de The Concubine
Sobre El Autor
Elechi Amadi was born in Aluu, Nigeria on May 12, 1934. He was educated at the Government College, Umuahia, and at the University College, Ibadan. After graduating, he worked briefly as a land surveyor and then a secondary school teacher. During the Nigerian civil war, he opposed the Biafran cause. mostrar más His unpleasant encounters with the Biafran authorities are recorded in the memoir Sunset in Biafra. He wrote several novels during his lifetime including The Concubine, The Great Ponds, The Slave, and Estrangement. Later in life, he wrote several plays including Isiburu and Dancer of Johannesburg. In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, his nation's highest honor. He died on June 29, 2016 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: The Douglas Review
Obras de Elechi Amadi
Peppersoup 1 copia
Dancer of Johannesburg 1 copia
The Woman of Calabar 1 copia
The Road to Ibadan 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1934-05-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2016-06-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Nigeria
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Aluu, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Educación
- University of Ibadan
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Miembros
- 281
- Popularidad
- #82,782
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 3