Chinua Achebe
receives German Peace-Award
Deutscher Friedenspreis für Chinua Achebe
Der nigerianische
Schriftsteller Chinua Achebe erhält in diesem
Jahr den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels.
Der 71-Jährige gilt als Vater der modernen
afrikanischen Literatur. In seinen Büchern
beschäftigt er sich mit den Auswirkungen des
Kolonialismus in Afrika.
Nigerian novelist and poet
CHINUA ACHEBE will receive this year's
Peace-Award of the German Booksellers' Trade.
Achebe is widely regarded as one of the most
important authors writing in English. Since his
first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), he has
criticized the impact of European colonizers and
missionaries on traditional African society and
described the struggles of the African people to
achieve political freedom.
Life
& Work of Chinua Achebe
listen
to Chinua Achebe on the Diane Rehm Show (WAMU-FM
/ U.S.A.) on 22 June 2000, discussing African
literature and how it's been influenced by
Western culture.
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