NWAKUCHE, (Mrs) Flora (nee Nwapa)

BA. novelist, educationist, born January 13, 1931, Oguta, Imo State; married Gogo Nwakuche 1968, one son, two daughters; Education: Central School, Oguta, 1936-44, Elelenwa Girls' School, Port-Harcourt, 1945-48, Church Missionary Society Girls' School. Lagos, 1949-50, Queen's College. Lagos, 1951, University College (now University of Ibadan), Ibadan, 1953-57, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1957-58; appointed Education Officer, Queen's College, Enugu. 1958-61; Assistant Registrar, Public Relations, University of Lagos, 1962-67; appointed Commissioner for Health, former East Central State, Enugu, 1970-71, Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, 1971-73; Commissioner for Establishments, defunct East Central State, 1973-75; Chair woman and Managing Director, Tana Press Limited, since 1977; also Chairwoman and Publisher, Nwamife Publishers; First Nigerian Women Novelist and Publisher , Patron, Business and Professional Women's Club; Patron, National Council of Women Societies; National Honour: awarded Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 1982; Publications: Efuru (London, Heinemann. 1966). Idu (Lon don, Heinemann, 1970), This is Lagos and other stories (Enugu, Nwamife 1971), Wives…