FACTS! FACTS!! Chinua Achebe Born Nov. 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria Died March 21, 2013, Boston, Mass., U.S. Nigerian Igbo novelist. Concerned with emergent Africa at its moments of crisis, he is acclaimed for depictions of the disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values on traditional African society.  Things Fall Apart (1958) and Arrow of God (1964) portray traditional Igbo life as it clashes with colonialism. No Longer at Ease (1960), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) deal with corruption and other aspects of postcolonial African life. Home and Exile (2000) is in part autobiographical, in part a defense of Africa against Western distortions. In 2007 Achebe won the Man Booker International Prize. AWARDS peace prize of the German book 2002 International booker Prize 2007 st Louis literally Award 1999 The Dorothy and Lilian Gish Award 2010 #facts #Myalo_community #Chinua_Achebe