LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ASIAN LITERATURE
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the feminist writer
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the rising fiction writer
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the forefather of contemporary African writers
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the rebel writer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) was an Igbo writer and one of the most important voices in what is now referred to as postcolonial literature. He was born in Ogidi, several kilometres from the Niger River in the south of the territory which would become Nigeria in 1960, upon its independence from the British Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -For many years, Achebe served as advisory editor to Heinemann’s African Writer Series, which served as a forum for a generation of post-independence writers, while also providing the texts needed by African universities to help redress the colonial bias that had been prevalent in the teaching of literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist seen by millions as the father of African literature, has died at the age of 82.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Things Fall Apart’ author Chinua Achebe wrote his first book in 1958 and won awards for his work that included the Man Booker International Prize.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, often widely referred to as the father (or grandfather) of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.