Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian writer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1977

Place of Birth: Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, novelist, feminist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( (listen); born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.
She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [who] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature".Adichie has written the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013), the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and the book-length essay We Should All Be Feminists (2014).
Her most recent book, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, was published in March 2017.
In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.