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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

LC control no.n 2003042876
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR9387.9.A34354
Personal name headingAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
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Variant(s)Adichie, Amanda N. (Amanda Ngozi), 1977-
נגוזי אדיצ׳יה, צ׳יממנדה, 1977-
See alsoAlternate identity: Grace-James, Nwa
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNigeria
Birth date1977-09-15
Place of birthEnugu (Nigeria)
Field of activityFiction Short stories Editing
AffiliationDrexel University
Johns Hopkins University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Princeton University
Yale University
Profession or occupationEssayists Novelists Authors Editors
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Found inAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple hibiscus, 2003: CIP t.p. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) data sht. (b. Sept. 15, 1977)
For love of Biafra, 1998: t.p. (Amanda N. Adichie) p. 4 of cover (b. Sept. 15, 1977)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi; essayist, fiction writer; born 15 September 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria; studied communications at Drexel University, Philadelphia (1997); graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with major in communications (2001); published her first novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003); obtained a master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University (2004); taught a class in introductory fiction at the University of Princeton (2005-2006); graduated from Yale University with master's in African history and moved to Columbia, Maryland (2008); published in Granta, New Yorker, Guardian and Washington Post; received a $500,000 so-called genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation, awarded to promising researchers and artists (2008) while studying in the United States and touring the world to promote her work, she regularly returned to Nigeria, actively supporting emerging local literary talent by organizing workshops for aspiring writers in Lagos)
Canadiana, November 21, 2019 (access point: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-; born 1977; Nigerian; divides her time between Nigeria and the United States)
National bib agency no.1016H6214E
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNno 99025938
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