Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82. His first novel, Things Fall Apart, has sold more than 12 million copies since its publication in 1958. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82. His first novel, Things Fall Apart, has sold more than 12 million copies since its publication in 1958. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.

NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, & POETRY
Things Fall Apart (1958)
No Longer at Ease (1960)
Arrow of God (1964)
A Man of the People (1966)
Girls at War and Other Stories (1973)
Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
Collected Poems (2004)

ESSAYS & MEMOIRS
Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975)
Hopes and Impediments (1988)
Home and Exile (2000)
The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays (2009)
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012)