Photograph by Stuart C. Shapiro; used by permission | Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)Incluye los nombres: C Achebe, C. Achebe, China Achebe, Chinua Acebe, Chinwe Achebe, Chenua Achebe, Chonua Achebe, Chinus Achebe, Chinue achebe, Chinew achebe ... (Ver la lista completa), chihua achebe, Chunua Achebe, Chinua Achebe, Achebe Chinau, Chinua Ach3bee, Achebem Chinua, China Achebe , Чинуа. Ачебе, Chinua Achebe, Illustrated by Cover Art 25,110 (27,711) | 548 | 718 | (3.75) | 44 | 0 | Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. He studied English, history and theology at University College in Ibadan from 1948 to 1953. After receiving a second-class degree, he taught for a while before joining the Nigeria Broadcasting Service in 1954. He was working as a broadcaster when he wrote his first two novels, and then quit working to devote himself to writing full time. Unfortunately his literary career was cut short by the Nigerian Civil War. During this time he supported the ill-fated Biafrian cause and served abroad as a diplomat. He and his family narrowly escaped assassination. After the civil war, he abandoned fiction for a period in favor of essays, short stories, and poetry. His works include Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, No Longer at Ease, A Man of the People, Anthills of the Savannah, and There Was a Country. He also wrote four children's books including Chike and the River and How the Leopard Got His Claws. In 2007, he won the Man Booker International Prize for his "overall contribution to fiction on the world stage." He also worked as a professor of literature in Nigeria and the United States. He died following a brief illness on March 21, 2013 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) — biografía de Todo se desmorona … (más) |
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Chinua Achebe tiene 8 eventos antiguos. (show)  Literary Freedom Book Group You are invited to join us as we discuss A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe. Location: Street: Auntie's Main/Mezz Additional: 402 W Main Ave City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)
 The SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB at Books Inc. Opera Plaza The SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)
11-16 R'lyeh, Miércoles, noviembre 6, 2013 en 07am
 VB Reads...Engaged Citizens Read and discuss a variety of books exploring how to create a more civil and engaged community.Join Mary Dumas on the third Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:30. Authors DO NOT attend. Meetings are in the Readings Gallery -- brown bag lunches are encouraged. Anyone interested in exploring their role as an engaged citizen is welcome. Wed, Oct 16, noon
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A modern classic in literature written in 1958 by Chinua Achebe, the founding father of African fiction. His first novel, the book examines the complex impacts of colonialism through one man's lifetime of changing conditions and circumstances in the late 19th century. Join us for a lively discussion on how this author's historical and fictional perspectives shed light on the role of an engaged citizen in a changing community.
Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (añadidos desde IndieBound)… (más)
Evening Book Group: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe
An evening with Chinua Achebe Chinua AchebeOn the 50th anniversary of the publication of his seminal novel Things Fall Apart, he will talk about his life and writing, and will also read extracts from some of his unpublished essays. Tickets £10 (concessions £8). (RoboSchro)
An Evening with Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe, Things fall apart..PEN/Faulkner with The Washington Post Book World presents an evening with Chinua Achebe to commemorate the 50th anniversary publication of his acclaimed novel Things Fall Apart. Free and open to the public. Advanced reservations REQUIRED! E-mail rsvp@penfaulkner.org or call 202-898-9063. (SqueakyChu)
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| Agentes | | Biografía breve | Información del conocimiento común inglés. Edita para encontrar en tu idioma. Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. He was raised in the large village of Ogidi, one of the first centers of Anglican missionary work in Eastern Nigeria, and was a graduate of University College, Ibadan.
His early career in radio ended abruptly in 1966, when he left his post as Director of External Broadcasting in Nigeria during the national upheaval that led to the Biafran War. He was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and began lecturing widely abroad.
From 1972 to 1976, and again in 1987 to 1988, Mr. Achebe was Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and also for one year at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
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," Chinua Achebe published novels, short stories, essays and children's books. [adapted from Things Fall Apart, c1959, 1994 printing Anchor Books Ed.]
Mr. Achebe received numerous honors from around the world including more than twenty honorary doctorates from universities in England, Scotland, the United States, Canada, and Nigeria.
Latterly Mr. Achebe lived with his wife in Annandale, New York, where they both taught at Bard College. They had four children.  | |
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