Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer who won the 2007 Women's Prize for Fiction. [2] She is best known for her novels, poems, and short stories, which are often set in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, where she was raised. [3]
By 13, Adichie had started analysing stories by her father James Nwoye Adichie including the ones about Biafra. At 20, she made her debut as a published writer with the poetry collection "Decisions", published in 1997, followed by a play, For the Love of Biafra in 1998. [4] She gained critical recognition with the release of her first novel Purple Hibiscus , published in the United States on 30 October 2003 by Algonquin Books. [5] It took Adichie four years to research and write her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun , published in 2006. [6] She wrote Americanah , her third novel published in 2013 and Dream Count , her fourth novel published in 2025. [7] She also wrote Mama's Sleeping Scarf , her first children's picture book published in 2023. [8]
Adichie is a prolific short story writer, and many of her short stories were written in her short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck , published in 2009. [9] She has written two book-length essays We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions . She has also written several short essays on topics ranging from postcolonialism to feminism. [10] She has earned many accolades for her works including National Book Critics Circle Award, [11] MacArthur Fellowship, [12] and induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [13]
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Play
Novels
Book-length essays
Children's book
Anthology
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Poetry collection
Poems
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Short story collection
Short stories (ebook format)
Short stories in journals and anthologies
Essays published in newspapers, journals and magazines
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