Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, whose novel “Things Fall Apart” is the most widely read book in African literature, will speak at Yale on April 14, as


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New Haven, Conn. — Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, whose novel “Things Fall Apart” is the most widely read book in African literature, will speak at Yale on April 14, as a guest of the Chubb Fellowship.
Free and open to the public, his talk will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the dining hall of Timothy Dwight College, 345 Temple St.
Achebe has written over 20 books, from novels to collections of short stories, essays and poetry. “Things Fall Apart” (1958) has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages. His other books include “Arrow of God” (1964); “Beware, Soul Brother and Other Poems” (1971), winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize; “Anthills of the Savannah” (1987), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; “Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays” (1988); and “Home and Exile” (2000).

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