Cyprian Ekwensi
Àtụ:Infobox writerCyprian Ekwensi
Amụrụ ya Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi
26 Septemba 1921
Minna, Niger Steeti
Nwụrụ 4 Nọvemba 2007 (afọ 86)
Enugwu, Enugwu Steeti
Aka Ọrụ Famasiti, mkpọsa ozi, odee akwụkwọ
Nkenụụdị Obele Akụkọ na akụkọ ifo ụmụaka
Nwunye Eunice Anyiwo, Maria Chime
Ụmụaka Ise
Cyprian Ekwensi MFR [1] (26 Septemba 1921 - 4 Nọvemba 2007) bụ onye Naịjirịa na-ede idụazị, obere akụkọ, na akwụkwọ ụmụaka .
Akụkọ ndụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Mbido, agụmakwụkwọ na ezinụlọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
A mụrụ onye Igbo bụ Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi na Minna, Niger Steeti . Ọ bụ nwaafọ Nkwelle Ezunaka dị na okpuru ọchịchị ime obodo Oyi, Anambra Steeti, Naịjirịa. Nna ya bụ David Anadumaka, onye na-akọ akụkọ banyere ọchụnta enyí. [2]
Ekwensi gara ụlọ akwụkwọ gọọmentị na Ibadan, Oyo Steeti, Achimota Koleji na Ghana, na "School of Forestry", Ibadan, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ rụrụ ọrụ afọ abụọ dịka onye ọrụ oke ohia. [1] Ọ gụkwara akwụkwọ Famasiti na ụlọ akwụkwọ Yaba Teknụzụ , "Lagos School of Pharmacy", ya na Chels
Ọrụ ahọpụtara[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- When Love Whispers (1948)
- An African Night's Entertainment (1948)
- The Boa Suitor (1949)
- The Leopard's Claw (1950)
- People of the City (London: Andrew Dakers, 1954)(This novel has been translated into Sinhala by Kumudu Champike Jayawardana (නුවරු – කුමුදු චම්පික ජයවර්ධන))
- The Drummer Boy (1960)
- The Passport of Mallam Ilia (written 1948, published 1960)
- Jagua Nana (1961)
- Burning Grass (1961)
- An African Night's Entertainment (1962)
- Beautiful Feathers (novel; London: Hutchinson, 1963)
- Rainmaker (short stories; 1965)
- Iska (London: Hutchinson, 1966)
- Lokotown and Other Stories (Heinemann, 1966)
- Restless City and Christmas Gold (1975)
- Divided We Stand: a Novel of the Nigerian Civil War (1980)
- Motherless Baby (Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, 1980)
- Jagua Nana's Daughter (1987)
- Behind the Convent Wall (1987)
- The Great Elephant Bird (Evans Brothers, 1990
- Gone to Mecca (Heinemann Educational Books, 1991)
- Jagua Nana's Daughter (1993)
- Masquerade Time (children's book; London: Chelsea House Publishing; Jaws Maui, 1994)
- Cash on Delivery (2007, collection of short stories)
Nsidee[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cyprian Ekwensi dies at 86", Daily Trust online, 6 November 2007. Retrieved on 21 November 2007.
- ↑ "Obituary: Cyprian Ekwensi".
Ọgụgụ ọzọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- "Cyprian Ekwensi in the eyes of Ndigbo", Nigerian Tribune online, African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, 9 November 2007. Retrieved on 21 November 2007.
- Smith, Arthur E.E. (14 November 2007). "Social Consciousness in the Writings of Cyprian Ekwensi". ChickenBones: A Journal.
- Shola Adenekan, Cyprian Ekwensi obituary, The Guardian, 24 January 2008
- Sonnie Ekwowusi, "Ode to a Literary Colossus", This Day, 13 November 2007 (column by former student)