Chinua Achebe, a Father of Modern African Literature

Boehmer features Chinua Achebe, father of Modern African literature. If it is true that legends never die but only grow and transmogrify, then the death of the African literary giant Chinua Achebe, at the age of eighty-two, on 21 March 2013, will do nothing to dim his assured status as one of the mo...

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Veröffentlicht in:PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 2014-03, Vol.129 (2), p.237-240
1. Verfasser: BOEHMER, ELLEKE
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Boehmer features Chinua Achebe, father of Modern African literature. If it is true that legends never die but only grow and transmogrify, then the death of the African literary giant Chinua Achebe, at the age of eighty-two, on 21 March 2013, will do nothing to dim his assured status as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. The death of a literary figure bearing a reputation at once local, national, and international invariably raises questions about the writer's legacy and the afterlife of his or her work. Achebe's legacy appears particularly well founded, for at least two reasons.
ISSN:0030-8129