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Born	September 15, 1977 (age 47) • Enugu • Nigeria
Notable Works	“Americanah” • “For Love of Biafra” • “Half of a Yellow Sun” • “Notes on Grief” • “Purple Hibiscus” • “The Thing Around Your Neck” • “We Should All Be Feminists”

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D.H. Lawrence

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Kole Omotoso

Nigerian novelist

Elechi Amadi

Nigerian writer

James Joyce

James Joyce

Irish author

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith

British author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Davies, Robertson

Robertson Davies

Canadian author

Vernon Lee

English essayist

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

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Ben Okri

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Charles Dickens

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George Bernard Shaw

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