Chris Abani
Facts
24 properties- Instance of
- human
- Sex or gender
- male
- Date of birth
- December 27, 1966
- Country of citizenship
- Nigeria, United States[9][10]
- Ethnic group
- Igbo people[12]
- Occupation
- writer, poet, novelist, academic, playwright, political activist, university teacher, professor, activist, essayist[3][4][5][6][7][13]
- Educated at
- University of Southern California, Imo State University, Birkbeck, University of London, University of Southern California, Imo State University, University of London[16][17]
- Award received
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Prince Claus Award, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award[20][21][22][23][24]
- Notable work
- GraceLand, Masters of the Board[18][19]
- Official website
- www.chrisabani.com, www.chrisabani.com
- Nominated for
- Dublin Literary Award, St. Francis College Literary Prize
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English, Nigerian Pidgin
- Birth name
- Christopher Uchechukwu Andrew Abani
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights
- Described by source
- Dictionary of African Biography
- Family name
- Abani
- Given name
- Chris, Christopher
- Has works in the collection
- Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries
- Writing language
- English
- ISNI
- 0000000083877772
- VIAF cluster ID
- 61872289
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n85352636
- GND ID
- 1089346298
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chris Abani (32683010407).jpg ↗
- Africultures person ID
- 24215
- Albin Michel author ID
- chris-abani
- Amazon author ID
- B00F5ZIW2S
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 0kszs6
- BIBSYS ID
- 6094142
- BabelNet ID
- 03633508n
- Babelio author ID
- 126576
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- 9263500
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- CONOR.SR ID
- 434023
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf11960670
- CiNii Research ID
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- 1089346298
- Evene ID
- chris-abani-34834
- FAST ID
- 1472735
- Fandom article ID
- pennyspoetry:Chris_Abani
- Fantastic Fiction author ID
- a/chris-abani
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- Freebase ID
- /m/0kszs6
- Golden ID
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- Goodreads author ID
- 2928223
- Guggenheim fellows ID
- chris-abani
- Hoopla artist ID
- 2245919415
- IdRef ID
- 082071314
- Illinois Center for the Book author ID
- 10045
- Instagram username
- chrisabani
- Library of Congress Classification
- PR9387.9.A23
- LibraryThing author ID
- abanichris
- Libris-URI
- 20dhmc0l41xcc5r
- LittleSis people ID
- 168752
- LyricsTranslate ID
- chris-abani-lyrics.html
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA15029775
- NE.se ID
- chris-abani
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000529990
- NSK ID
- 981005710297909366
- NUKAT ID
- n2014010865
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007308346905171
- National Library of Korea ID
- KAC201751846
- National Library of Russia ID
- 770210049
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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- Open Library ID
- OL1153032A
- Penguin Random House author ID
- 80291
- Perlentaucher ID
- chris-abani
- Poetry Foundation ID
- chris-abani
- Poetry International Web poet ID
- 24885
- Poets & Writers author ID
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- Poets.org poet ID
- chris-abani
- Prabook ID
- 640922
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A011121983
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
- 189045
- SBN author ID
- TO0V556840
- SELIBR ID
- 318078
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
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- Split This Rock poet ID
- Chris Abani
- TED speaker ID
- chris_abani, 137
- The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
- 12276
- Threads username
- chrisabani
- Unz Review author ID
- AbaniChris
- WorldCat Entities ID
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- X (Twitter) username
- chrisabani
- Yale LUX ID
- person/5060cd2a-55ac-4547-9f06-745cfef07600
Occupation 8
Award received 4
Educated at 4
Country of citizenship 2
Given name 2
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Nominated for 2
Ethnic group 1
Has works in the collection 1
Instance of 1
Member of 1
Native language 1
Sex or gender 1
Writing language 1
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Summary
Chris Abani's place of birth was Afikpo[1]. He was born on December 27, 1966[2]. He worked as a writer[3], poet[4], novelist[5], academic[6], and playwright[7].
Body
Origins and Family
Recorded place of birth include Afikpo[1], a human settlement[26], in Nigeria[27] and Ebonyi[8], a local government area of Nigeria[28], in Nigeria[29], headquartered in Ebonyi[30].
Education
Educated at Imo State University[16], a university[31], in Nigeria[32], founded in 1981[33] and University of London[17], a university[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1836[36], headquartered in London[37].
Career and Affiliations
Employers include University of California, Riverside[14], a public research university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1954[40], headquartered in Riverside[41] and Northwestern University[15], a private university[42], in United States[43], founded in 1851[44], headquartered in Evanston[45].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include GraceLand[18], a literary work[46] and Masters of the Board[19], a literary work[47].
Recognition
Awards received include Guggenheim Fellowship[20], a fellowship grant[48], in United States[49], founded in 1925[50]; Prince Claus Award[21], an award[51], in Netherlands[52], founded in 1996[53]; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award[22], a literary award[54], in United States[55], founded in 1976[56]; and Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original[23], an award[57].
FAQs
Where was Chris Abani born?
Chris Abani's place of birth was Afikpo[1].
What did Chris Abani do for work?
Chris Abani worked as writer[3], poet[4], novelist[5], academic[6], and playwright[7].
Where did Chris Abani go to school?
Chris Abani was educated at Imo State University[16] and University of London[17].
What awards did Chris Abani receive?
Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[20], Prince Claus Award[21], Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award[22], and Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original[23].