When was chinua achebe

Chinua Achebe received numerous honours from around the world, including the Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as honorary doctorates from more than 30 colleges and universities. He was also the recipient of Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement, the Nigerian National Merit Award.

In , he won the Man Booker International Prize. He died on 22nd March We're looking for someone with a passion for literature from a variety of cul… 1 days ago. Do you want to work with international partner on an a… 15 days ago. We hope you enjoyed the night as much as we did. We publish a Literature Newsletter when we have news and features on UK and international literature, plus opportunities for the industry to share. To subscribe to the newsletter, until further notice, please press the subscribe button.

You may unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. We will process your personal information based on your consent. Turmoil in Nigeria from to was matched by turmoil for Achebe. Six months later, another coup by non-Igbo officers overthrew the Igbo-led government. The new government targeted Achebe for persecution, knowing that his views were unsympathetic to the new regime.

Achebe fled to Nsukka in eastern Nigeria, which is predominantly Igbo-speaking, and he became a senior research fellow at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In , the eastern part of Nigeria declared independence as the nation of Biafra. This incident triggered thirty months of civil war that ended only when Biafra was defeated. Achebe then fled to Europe and America, where he wrote and talked about Biafran affairs. Like many other African writers, Achebe believes that artistic and literary works must deal primarily with the problems of society.

He has said that "art is, and always was, at the service of man" rather than an end in itself, accountable to no one. He believes that "any good story, any good novel, should have a message, should have a purpose. He also wrote and published several children's books that express his basic views in forms and language understandable to young readers. In his later books, Achebe confronts the problems faced by Nigeria and other newly independent African nations. He blames the nation's problems on the lack of leadership in Nigeria since its independence.

In , he published The Trouble with Nigeria , a critique of corrupt politicians in his country. Achebe has also published two collections of short stories and three collections of essays. In addition to his writing career, Achebe maintained an active teaching career. In , he was appointed to a three-year visiting professorship at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and, in , to a one-year visiting professorship at the University of Connecticut.

In , with matters sufficiently calm in Nigeria, he returned as professor of English at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with which he had been affiliated since In , he became the Charles P. Throughout his schooling Achebe was consistently at the top of his class and twice completed two grades within a year. After four months he was offered and accepted a job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Service as the senior broadcasting officer of the Eastern Region.

It was during this time that his first novel was published. The two married September 10, In October of Nigeria claimed its independence from Great Britain. Around the same time, Achebe published his second novel, No Longer at Ease. Achebe became the editor for the African Writers Series in and published his third novel, Arrow of God , in By that point regional and ethnic tensions began to push Nigeria toward civil war.

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