Biographical record
- Title
- Prof.
- Surname
- ACHEBE
- First Name
- Albert
- Other Names
- Chinualumogu
- Gender
- Male
- Source of Publication
- OSSDATA Style
- Date of Birth
- Sunday, November 16, 1930
- Status
- Died
- Date of Death
- 21 March 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts
- State of Origin
- Anambra State
- Place of Birth
- Idemili Ogidi, Anambra State
- Father's Name
- Isaiah Okafo Achebe
- Father's Status
- Deceased
- Mother's Name
- Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam Achebe
- Mother's Status
- Deceased
- Marital Status
- Married
- Name of Spouse
- Professor Christine
- Number of Children (Male)
- 2
- Number of Children ( Female)
- 2
- Names of Children
- 1, Chinelo
2. Ikechukwu
3. Chidi
4. Nwando - Profession
- Literary Icon
Poet
University Lecturer - Education Level
- Tertiary
- Schools Attended with Dates
- Local Church Missionary Society Primary School; Government College Umuahia from 1944 to 1947; He is one of the pioneer students of the University College Ibadan in 1948; B.A. London in 1953.
- Educational Qualification
- B.A. London in 1953; Courses in Broadcasting at the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1956.
- Previous Appointments
- Worked with the Nigeria Broadcasting Company for over ten years; Lectured in many universities in the World- the United States, United Kingdom and his base at the University of Nigeria Nsukka where he occupied the seat of Dean of Arts;
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- Yes
- If "Yes", please state the party(ies) and offices you have held with dates
- Member of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in the Second Republic.
- Creative Work/Major Exhibitions
- He wrote his first Novel, "Things Fall Apart," in 1958. published "No Longer At Ease" in I960; "Arrow of God" in 1964 and "Man of the People" in 1966; He published another book "Morning Yet on Creation Day" in 1970. He has published over two hundred stories, poems, children's stories and academic papers and essays.
- Notable Quotes
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.”
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