Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria on September 15, 1977. She studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Nigeria for a year and a half before moving to the United States, where she studied communication at Drexel University for two years. She received a bachelor's degree in mehr anzeigen communication and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2001, a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University, and a master's degree in African Studies from Yale University in 2008. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, was published in 2003 and received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in 2005. Her other books include The Thing around Your Neck, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminist. Half of a Yellow Sun won the Orange Prize in 2007. She was awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize, for her body of work that shows 'outstanding literary merit'. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Private Experience 9 Exemplare
Above All Else, Do Not Lie 6 Exemplare
The Headstrong Historian 4 Exemplare
Of This Our Country: Essays from some of Nigeria’s greatest writers, including Ayobami Adebayo, Inua Ellams,… (2021) 3 Exemplare
Olikoye 3 Exemplare
Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, Purple Hibiscus: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Three-Book Collection (2014) 3 Exemplare
Quella cosa intorno al collo 2 Exemplare
Black Stars: A Galaxy of New Worlds 2 Exemplare
Ofodile 2 Exemplare
The Jumping Monkey Hill 2 Exemplare
Birdsong 2 Exemplare
Checking Out 2 Exemplare
The Grief of Strangers 2 Exemplare
Real Food 2 Exemplare
なにかが首のまわりに (河出文庫 ア 10-1) 2 Exemplare
Miracle 1 Exemplar
Keder Üzerine 1 Exemplar
My Mother, the Crazy African 1 Exemplar
Keder Üzerine 1 Exemplar
KAHA PATA IRA PALUWAK 1 Exemplar
Poetizando Singular - eBook 1 Exemplar
Il tremito (in Quella cosa intorno al collo) 1 Exemplar
The best short stories 1 Exemplar
The Time Story 1 Exemplar
Janelle Asked to the Bedroom 1 Exemplar
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Archive 1 Exemplar
The American Embassy 1 Exemplar
Ghosts 1 Exemplar
Cella uno (in Quella cosa intorno al collo) 1 Exemplar
How Did You Feel About It? 1 Exemplar
Spettri (in Quella cosa intorno al collo) 1 Exemplar
Kvelningsfornemmelser 1 Exemplar
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This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers (2006) — Mitwirkender — 342 Exemplare
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Mitwirkender — 76 Exemplare
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Mitwirkender — 73 Exemplare
Courage Is Contagious and Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama (2017) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing (2011) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian Writers on the Home, Identity, and Culture They Know (2021) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Discovering Home: A Selection of Writings from the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing (2003) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
群像 2010年 08月号 [雑誌] — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
- Andere Namen
- Adichie, Amanda N. (early pen name)
Adichie, Amanda Ngozi (early pen name)
Grace-James, Nwa (pen name) - Geburtstag
- 1977-09-15 | Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Nigeria
- Land (für Karte)
- Nigeria
- Geburtsort
- Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
- Wohnorte
- Nsukka, Nigeria
USA - Ausbildung
- University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Eastern Connecticut State University (BA | Communication and Political Science)
Johns Hopkins University (Mx ∙ Creative writing)
Yale University (MA ∙ African history)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Berufe
- writer
- Organisationen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Honorary member, 2017)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
PEN Pinter prize (2018)
Hodder Fellow - Agent
- The Wylie Agency
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September 2023: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Monthly Author Reads (Oktober 2023)
Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in World Reading Circle (Januar 2014)
GROUP READ: Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (August 2012)
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Die Geschichte begleitet Ifemelu und Obinze von Ihrem Kennenlernen und Verlieben im Nigeria der 1990er Jahre über die Entfremdung durch Ifemelu’s Umzug in die USA und die erneute Zusammenkunft durch Ifemelu’s Rückkehr nach Nigeria. Für mich war diese Liebesgeschichte jedoch nur der rote Faden durch das Buch. Viel spannender fand ich die analytische Schärfe mit welcher Adichie die Themen Rassendiskriminierung in den USA und Identität beschreibt. Das Buch eröffnete mir als weisse Europäerin Einblicke in eine Welt, die ich aus dem Alltag nicht kenne.… (mehr)