Uzodinma Iweala

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Uzodinma Iweala is a Nigerian-American author and physician best known for his debut novel "Beasts of No Nation," which portrays the harrowing experiences of a child soldier in an unnamed West African country.

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Uzodinma Iweala canonical 4

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instanceOf author
novel
novelist
person
physician
almaMater Columbia University
Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
author Uzodinma Iweala self-linksurface differs
awardReceived John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
basedIn New York City
citizenship Nigeria
United States of America
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1982-11-05
degree A.B. in English and American Literature and Language
Doctor of Medicine
educatedAt Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
surface form: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
employer The Africa Center
ethnicity Igbo people
surface form: Igbo
genre fiction
literary fiction
non-fiction
hasRole essayist
medical doctor
novelist
influencedBy Chinua Achebe
languageOfWorkOrName English
English
mainSubject child soldiers
civil war in West Africa
name Uzodinma Iweala self-link
nationality American
Nigerian
notableFor depicting child soldiers in West Africa
notableWork Beasts of No Nation
Our Kind of People
Speak No Evil
occupation chief executive officer
physician
writer
parent Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld CEO of The Africa Center
workLocation Nigeria
United States of America
surface form: United States

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Beasts of No Nation basedOnAuthor Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma Iweala name Uzodinma Iweala self-link
Uzodinma Iweala author Uzodinma Iweala self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Beasts of No Nation
Agu characterCreatedBy Uzodinma Iweala