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Flora Nwapa
Nigerian writer and publisher (1931–1993)
Flora Nwapa | |
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| Born | Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (1931-01-13)13 January 1931 Oguta, Nigeria |
| Died | 16 October 1993(1993-10-16) (aged 62) Enugu, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Author and publisher |
| Alma mater | University College, Ibadan; Edinburgh University |
| Genres | Novels; short stories; poems; plays |
| Notable works | Efuru (1966) Idu (1970) This Is Lagos and Other Stories (1971) |
| Spouse | Chief Gogo Nwakuche |
| Children | 3 |
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African Literature.[1] She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain.
She achieved international recognition with her first novel Efuru, published in 1966 by Heinemann Educational Books. While never considering herself a f