Achebe, Chinua

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Chinua Achebe (1930- ) is a Nigerian writer and scholar.

From the description of Chinua Achebe papers, ca. 1963-1993. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612699273

Chinua Achebe (1930- ) is a Nigerian writer and scholar. He became well known after his first novel Things fall apart (1958), which depicted the encounter of the Igbo people of Nigeria with the British colonial power. His subsequent novels and short stories are likewise set in West Africa. Achebe's poetry was written out of the experience of the Biafran war of 1966-1970. He became Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1970, and Emeritus Professor of English in 1985. After holding several visiting appointments in Britain and the United States, in 1991 he became Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College in New York.

From the guide to the Chinua Achebe papers, ca. 1963-1993., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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creatorOf Belton, Don. Papers, ca. 1960-2009. Indiana University
creatorOf University of Guelph. Convocation. Convocation Citation, Spring 1984. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Burness, Donald. Africana Collection of Donald Burness, c. 1970-2004. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Chinua Achebe papers, ca. 1963-1993. Houghton Library
referencedIn Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf University of Guelph. Convocation. Bound signature books for citations for recipients fo honours given at Convocation, 1984-1989. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Wole Soyinka papers, 1966-1996. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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creatorOf Nichols, Lee. [United States and Ghana, Africans and African Americans, 1967-1997] [sound recording] / collected by Lee Nichols. Indiana University, Archives of Traditional Music
creatorOf Achebe, Chinua. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1977. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
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Birth 1930-11-16

Death 2013-03-22

Nigerians

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