Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe
Achebe in 1966
Children	4, including Chidi Chike and Nwando

Chinua Achebe (janam ke naam Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013), Nigeria ke ek novel ke lekhak, kavi, aur critic rahaa jiske aaj-kal ke African literature ke ek khaas jan maana jaawe hae. Uske pahile, Things Fall Apart (1958), African literature me ek khaas sthaan rakkhis hae aur ii abhi talak sab se jaada adhyan karaa gais, auwaad karaa gais, aur parrhaa African novel hae. Things Fall Apart ke saathe, uske No Longer at Ease (1960) aur Arrow of God (1964) "African Trilogy" ke puura kare hae. Baad ke novels me hae A Man of the People (1966) aur Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe ke jaada kar ke "father of modern African literature" maana jaawe hae, lekin uu ii characterization ke nai maane hae.