| LC control no. | n 50000870 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9387.9.A48 |
| Personal name heading | Amadi, Elechi, 1934-2016 |
| Biography/History note | Elechi Amadi, novelist, dramatist, and educator was awarded the Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality Merit Award for Literature in 1995. |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 1934-05-12 |
| Death date | 2016-06-29 |
| Place of birth | Aluu (Nigeria) |
| Place of death | Port Harcourt (Nigeria) |
| Affiliation | University College (Ibadan, Nigeria) Rivers State College of Education Nigeria. East Regional Government Military School (Zaria, Nigeria) Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Union Survey School Oyo |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Educators Novelists Armies--Officers |
| Found in | The concubine. 1966. Kaydara, 2012: t.p. (Elechi Amadi) p. 4 of cover (Elechi Amadi; distinguished novelist; he currently serves as Chairman of the State Scholarship Board for Rivers State Government) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Amadi, Elechi; Emmanuel Elechi Daniel; fiction writer, dramatist, educator, army officer; born 12 May 1934 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; graduated from Umuahia, Government College; earned a Land Survey certificate from Survey School Oyo; graduated with a degree in physics and mathematics from the University College, Ibadan (1959); worked as a land surveyor for the former East Regional Government of Nigeria; taught at the Military School, Zaria, Nigeria (1963); retired with the rank of captain (1965); active participant in Ogbakor Ikwerre, a cultural union (1967-1970); permanent secretary of the Rivers State Government (1973); commissioner of education at the Rivers State College of Education (1982), commissioner for lands and housing in Rivers State administration (1989); dean of arts, Rivers State College of Education (1985-1986); head of the literature department, Rivers State College of Education (1991-1993); awarded the Rivers State Silver Jubilee Award (1992) and the Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality Merit Award for Literature (1995)) Guardian (online), viewed Aug. 23, 2016 (Elechi Amadi; b. May 12, 1934, Aluu, near Port Harcourt; d. June 29, 2016; Nigerian writer whose best known novel The concubine explored the boundary between myth and reality) |
| Associated language | eng |
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