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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 - Today

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born Grace Ngozi Adichie; 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, poem, and children's books; she is also a book reviewer and literary critic. Her most famous works include Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013). She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. Born into an Igbo family in Enugu, Nigeria, Adichie was educated at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, where she studied medicine for a year and half. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the 3,558th most popular writer (up from 3,931st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 3,558 out of 7,302. Before her are Johann Christian Günther, George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Nihal Atsız, and Lady Ise. After her are William Cowper, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, Victor Pelevin, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 63. Before her are Édgar Ramírez, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Won Bin, 2 Chainz, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Marek Jankulovski. After her are Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Willy Sagnol, Edward Furlong, Tetsuya Nishiwaki, Yoel Romero, and Denílson de Oliveira Araújo.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 27 out of 309. Before her are Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Moshood Abiola (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), and Yakubu Gowon (1934). After her are Victor Osimhen (1998), Tony Allen (1940), Aliko Dangote (1957), Shehu Shagari (1925), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), and Emmanuel Amunike (1970).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 5. Before her are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), and Amos Tutuola (1920). After her are Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Sefi Atta (1964), and Chris Abani (1966).

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