Chinua Achebe: Author of Things Fall Apart Dies at 82

Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist and professor. Born on November 16, 1930, in Ogidi, Nigeria, he was educated at University College, Ibadan.

His novel Things Fall Apart (1958) is one of the most widely read African novels, selling over 10 million copies and translated into more than 50 languages. He also wrote No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God and won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007.

He was paralyzed in a car accident in 1990. Achebe died in Boston on March 21, 2013, at age 82.

Achievements: Man Booker International Prize (2007).

Birth: November 16, 1930 - Ogidi, Nigeria.

Profession: Novelist.

Interesting Facts: Things Fall Apart has sold over 10 million copies.