Činua Ačebe

Činua Ačebe
Činua Ačebe 2008.
Lični podaci
Puno ime	Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe
Datum rođenja	16 novembar 1930(1930-11-16)
Mesto rođenja	Ogidi, Britanska Nigerija
Datum smrti	21. mart 2013.(2013-03-21) (82 god.)
Mesto smrti	Boston, Masačusets, SAD
Državljanstvo	Nigerija
Nacionalnost	Nigerija
Zanimanje	Pisac i učitelj
Književni rad
Najvažnija dela	'`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000000-QINU`' Afrička trilogija: —Things Fall Apart —No Longer at Ease —Arrow of God A Man of the People Anthills of the Savannah

Činua Ačebe, rođen kao Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (енгл. Chinua Achebe, 16. novembar 1930 – 23. mart 2013) bio je nigerijski romanopisac, pesnik i kritičar. Najpoznatiji je po svom debitantskom romanu Things Fall Apart (1958), koji se smatra najčitanijom knjigom moderne afričke književnosti.

Odrastao je u hrišćanskoj porodici u Igbo selu Ogidi na jugu Nigerije, te se uspehom u školi izborio za univerzitetsku stipendiju. Postao je fasciniran svetskim religijama i tradicionalnim afričkim kulturama, i za vreme studija je počeo da piše. Nakon diplomiranja radio je za nigerijsku radio-televizijsku kuću Nigerian Broadcasting Service te se preselio u Lagos. Stekao je svetsku slavu romanom Things Fall Apart kasnih 1950-ih; sledili su romani No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (Човек из народа, 1966) i Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Ačebe je romane pisao na engleskom, i branio je svoju upotrebu tog jezika od onih koji su ga kao jezika kolonizatora smatrali neprimerenim afričkoj književnosti. Godine 1975. izazvao je kontroverzu predavanjem An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" u kome je pisca Džozefa Konrada optužio za rasizam.

Kada se oblast Bijafra godine 1967. otcepila od Nigerije, Ačebe je postao vatreni zagovornik nezavisnosti i ambasador nove države. Tada je u zapadnim državama molio za pomoć kako bi pomogao svom narodu napaćenom ratom i glađu. Nakon završetka rata i nigerijskog preuzimanja Bijafre, Ačebe se kraće vreme bavio lokalnom politikom, ali je od nje odustao zgađenjen elitizmom i korupcijom. Neko vreme je živeo u SAD, a godine 1990. se nakon što je paralizovan u saobraćajnoj nesreći, vratio u Nigeriju.

Ačebeovi romani se najviše bave tradicijama i običajima Igbo društva, efektima dolaska hrišćanstva, kao i sukobom različitih vrednosnih sistema za vreme i nakon kolonizacije. Stil mu se temelji na narodnim pričama Igboa i kombinuje standardno pripovedanje s poslovicama i govorima. Osim romana je pisao i novele, dečje knjige i eseje. Posle je predavao jezike i književnost na Bard koledžu u Anandejlu na Hadsonu u američkoj državi Njujork.

Spisak radova

Novele

• Things Fall Apart. . New York: Anchor Books. 1994 [1958]. ISBN 9780385474542. 
• No Longer at Ease. E.g. Penguin Books, 1994. 1960. ISBN 978-0385474559.
• Arrow of God. E.g. Penguin Books, 2016. 1964. ISBN 978-0385014809.
• A Man of the People. E.g. Penguin Books, 1989. 1966. ISBN 978-0385086165.
• Anthills of the Savannah. New York: Anchor Books, 1998. 1987. ISBN 978-0385260459.

Kratke priče

• Marriage Is a Private Affair (1952)
• Dead Men's Path (1953)
• The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories (1953)
• Civil Peace (1971)
• Girls at War and Other Stories. 1973. ISBN 9780385008525.
• African Short Stories. 1985. ISBN 9780435905361.
• The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories. 1992. ISBN 9780435905668.
• The Voter. ISBN 9781874932130.

Poezija

• Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems. 1971. ISBN 9780385016414.
• Don't Let Him Die: An Anthology of Memorial Poems for Christopher Okigbo. 1978. ISBN 9789781560217.
• Another Africa. 1998. ISBN 9780385490382.
• Collected Poems – Penguin Books. 2004. ISBN 9781400076581.
• Refugee Mother and Child
• Vultures

Eseji, kritike, politički komentari

• The Novelist as Teacher (1965)
• An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". 1975. ISBN 9780141192581.
• Morning Yet on Creation Day. 1975. ISBN 9780385017039.
• The Trouble With Nigeria. Reissued by Fourth Dimension Publishing Co., 2000. 1984. ISBN 9781561475.
• Hopes and Impediments. 1988. ISBN 9780385414791.
• Home and Exile. Penguine Books (reprint) 2001. 2000. ISBN 978-0385721332.
• The Education of a British-Protected Child. Anchor Canada 2010. 2009. ISBN 978-0385667852.
• There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra. 2012. ISBN 9781594204821.
• Africa's Tarnished Name. 2018. ISBN 9780241338834.

Knjige za decu

• Chike and the River. 1966. ISBN 9780307473868.
• How the Leopard Got His Claws. 1972. ISBN 9780763648053.
• The Flute. 1975. ISBN 9781943138487.
• The Drum. 1978. ISBN 9789781560439.

Literatura

• Achebe, Chinua (1965). "English and the African Writer". Transition 18: 27–30. ISSN 0041-1191.
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• Achebe, Chinua (1989). Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-24730-6. .
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• Agetua, John (ed.) (1977). Critics on Chinua Achebe, 1970–76. Benin City, Nigeria: Bendel Newspapers Corp.
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• Killam, G. D. (1977). The Writings of Chinua Achebe. London: Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 978-0-435-91665-7. .
• Laurence, Margaret (2001). Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952–1966. Alberta: University of Alberta Press. ISBN 978-0-88864-332-2. .
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• Ogede, Ode (2001). Achebe and the Politics of Representation: Form Against Itself, From Colonial Conquest and Occupation to Post-Independence Disillusionment. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-0-86543-774-6. .
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Spoljašnje veze

• Chinua Achebe reads the first two chapters of Things Fall Apart at PEN American Center Event: Faith & Reason: Writers Speak, 2006
• "A Tribute to Chinua Achebe" from PEN American Center, 2008
• Chinua Achebe на сајту ISFDb (језик: енглески)
• "Chinua Achebe: The Spirit Lives". Tribute to Chinua Achebe by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Leeds African Studies Bulletin 75 (Winter 2013/14), pp. 51–53.
• Ed Pilkington, "A long way from home". Interview in The Guardian, 10 July 2007
• "Chinua Achebe, The Art of Fiction No. 139". Interview by Jerome Brooks in The Paris Review, 1994
• Guide to Chinua Achebe papers at Houghton Library, Harvard University
• FBI file on Chinua Achebe at the Internet Archive
• Chinua Achebe facts in Hindi
• Chinua Achebe на сајту LCCN, са 78 каталошких евиденција