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Achebe, Chinua
Nigerian novelist and poet, esteemed and controversial literary critic, and one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. Achebe's 1958 novel Things Fall Apart considers the effects of colonialization on Igbo society. He is called a writer "in whose company the prison walls fell down." In June 2007, won the Man Booker International Prize in honour of his literary career.
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