Nwapa, Flora, 1931-1993

LC control no.	n 80131063
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR9387.9.N933
Personal name heading	Nwapa, Flora, 1931-1993 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Enugu (Nigeria)
Birth date	1931-01-18
Death date	1993-10-16
Place of birth	Oguta (Nigeria)
Place of death	Enugu (Nigeria)
Affiliation	University College (Ibadan, Nigeria) University of Edinburgh University of Lagos Tana Press Flora Nwapa Books
Profession or occupation	Novelists Educators
Found in	Her Efuru, 1966. Flora Nwapa, 1997: p.6 (d. 1993) World literature today, winter 1995: p. 239 (Flora Nwapa, Nigerian novelist and short-story writer; d. Oct. 16, 1993 at age 62) Bibliothèque nationale de France WWW auth. file, July 20, 2015 (hdg.: Nwapa, Flora, 1931-1993 ; b.: Jan. 18, 1931 ; d.: Oct. 16, 1993 ; nat.: Nigeria) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Nwapa, Flora; Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa; writer, publisher, educator; born 13 January 1931 in Oguta, Nigeria; BA from University College, Ibadan (1957); postgraduate diploma from University of Edinburgh (1958); was education officer at Calabar (1959); assistant registrar at the University of Lagos (1962-1964), studied public relations and university administration in the United States and Britain (1965); was a Commissioner for Health, Social Welfare at East Central State (1970-1971); her first novel Efuru was published in 1966; was the first African woman to establish major publishing house, Tana Press, in Enugu (1977) and publishing house Flora Nwapa Books; received the Nigerian government's award of Order of Niger (1983); her hometown, Oguta bestowed on her highest chieftaincy title, ogbuefi (in Igbo language killer of a cow), honor usually reserved for men; known as revered pioneer in African women's writing and publishing; died 16 October 1993 in Enugu, Nigeria)
Associated language	eng