CHINUA ACHEBE
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- Published: Thursday, 28 March 2013 10:36
Professor Chinua Achebe is dead.
Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead.
Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, died on 21 March 2013 in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Achebe had been sick for some time.
Who is Professor Chinua Achebe?
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He is best known for his first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature.