Chinua Achebe is a
Nigerian writer, poet, professor and critic who was born in November 16, 1930. Since he was a kid, he was very attracted with
everything that had to do with traditions and religion. He studied in the University
of Ibada and in 1958 his first and most recognized novel, was published: “Things
Fall Apart” which was inspired in a poem by W. B. Yeats called "The Second
Coming”.
In
the 1960’s and 1970’s, he wrote many books using his admirable creativity about
the traditional ways of life coming into conflict from different points
of view.
Two years after the Nigerian war of 1970, he went to
the United States to give several lectures at different universities.
During these years he also married Christie Chinwe
Okoli with who she had four kids.
He has won several prices throughout his life such as
the Booker McConnell Prize in 1987, the Man Booker International Prize in 2007
and the Dorothy and Lilian Gish Prize in 2010. He has received great
recognition and more than 30 honorary degrees in different universities around
the World.
Unfortunately, in the beginning of 1990’s Chinua
suffered from a fatal car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down
and forced him to be seated on a wheelchair. But surprisingly this didn’t
stopped this man, a little time after, he moved to the united states to teach
in Bard College, New York City, where he stayed for fifteen years. In 2009 he
left New York to start teaching in Brown University in Rhode Island.
Today we still keep
recognizing his great talent and writing, his amazing novel “Things Fall Apart”
has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into
more than 50 languages.
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