![]() ![]() However, it was her first novel ‘Purple Hibiscus’ (2003) that received great critical acclaim and was even shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, bringing Adichie in the public eye for the first time. Her first book a collection of poems titled ‘Decisions’ was released in 1997 when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was only 20 years old. ![]() ![]() Described by the The Times Literary Supplement as “the most prominent” young author “succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature” Adichie was born in Nigeria and originally went to University to pursue studies in the medical and pharmaceutical field.Īfter moving to the US at age 19, she received a Master of Arts degree in African studies from Yale University in 2008 after completing a master’s degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University in 2003. ![]()
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