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Chigozie Obioma

Nigeria · Schriftsteller · Geboren 1986 · Alter 40

Chigozie Obioma wird in 16 Sprachen etwa 30 Mal am Tag gelesen.

Ein typischer Tag, 30 Tage bis 15. September 2026

Der mittlere Tag der gezählten Tage, damit eine Nachrichtenwoche ihn nicht verschieben kann. Die Linie darunter zeigt die letzten 60 Tage, ein Punkt pro Tag.

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Chigozie Obioma (geboren 1986 in Akure) ist ein nigerianischer Schriftsteller, der mit seinem Debütroman The Fishermen, zu Deutsch Der dunkle Fluss, bekannt wurde. Das Buch wurde in mehr als 26 Sprachen übersetzt.

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Stationen eines Lebens

2019“I've always wanted to write something that will show the world that prior to the coming of the British to Nigeria, we had some kind of complex systems.”Eigene WorteOn what he envisioned for his novel An Orchestra of Minorities in “The Spirit Tells The Story In 'Orchestra Of Minorities'” in NPR (2019

“There are some rhetorical moves that I wouldn’t be able to make if I didn’t know these languages.”Eigene WorteOn his first novel The Fishermen in “'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel” in The Guardian (2019 Jan

“They were the minorities of this world whose only recourse was to join this universal orchestra in which all there was to do was cry and wail.”Eigene WorteAn Orchestra of Minorities (2019)

“Time is not a living creature that can listen to pleas, nor is it a man who can delay.”Eigene WorteAn Orchestra of Minorities (2019)

“For the truth remains that more can also be more, and that less is often inevitably less.”Eigene WorteAn Orchestra of Minorities (2019)

“All the peace that had returned after his father finished mourning his wife for many years vanished at once.”Eigene WorteAn Orchestra of Minorities (2019)

1986Geboren

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  1. I've always wanted to write something that will show the world that prior to the coming of the British to Nigeria, we had some kind of complex systems.

    2019, On what he envisioned for his novel An Orchestra of Minorities in “The Spirit Tells The Story In 'Orchestra Of Minorities'” in NPR (2019, Eigene Worte

  2. I believe that some of the strongest stories we can have begin with very simple archetypes…The great mother, or the great father, for example.

    2019, On archetypes in “'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel” in The Guardian (2019 Jan 18), Eigene Worte

  3. There are some rhetorical moves that I wouldn’t be able to make if I didn’t know these languages.

    2019, On his first novel The Fishermen in “'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel” in The Guardian (2019 Jan, Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

Hopwood Award
Oppenheimer Award

Zur Person

Land
Nigeria
Kategorie
Schriftsteller
Art
Schriftsteller / Autor
Status
lebend
Daten
Geboren 1986 · Alter 40

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