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Adichie receiving an honorary award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author and public speaker. She has won numerous accolades for her novels and short stories, including literature prizes, doctorate honours from Universities and fashion awards. Purple Hibiscus has garnered multiple awards. In 2006 the second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, was nominated for a National Book Award.

Adichie's early career awards include the National Book Circle Award. She won the National Book Awards' Author of the Year and Outstanding Achievement prizes. Following the completion of Purple Hibiscus, BBC named Adichie one of the 100 Women by BBC, citing her defense of Africa. Two years later, she was recognised with a medal by Harvard University.

Literature

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General literature

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General literature
Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
British Book Awards 1997 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Won [1]
1998 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Won [2]
1999 Author of the Year J. K. Rowling Won [2]
2000 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Nominated [3]
2004 Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Nominated [4]
2006 Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Won [5]
2008 Outstanding Achievement J. K. Rowling Won [6]
2009 Children's Book of the Year The Tales of Beedle the Bard Nominated [7]
2017 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Nominated [8]
2020 30 From 30 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Won [9]
2021 Crime and Thriller Troubled Blood Won [10]
Carnegie Medal 1997 Carnegie Medal Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Commended [11]
1999 Carnegie Medal Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Nominated [12]
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Won [13]
1998 Gold Medal Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Won [2]
1999 Gold Medal Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Won [2]
Scottish Arts Council Award 1998 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Won [2]
Whitbread Book Awards 1999 Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Nominated [14]
2000 Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Nominated [15]
Children's Book of the Year Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Won [15]

Career awards

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State

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State awards
Year Country Honour Citation Ref.
2000 US Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) Services to children's literature [16]
2003 Spain Prince of Asturias Award for Concord Children's literature[a] [17]
2008 UK Edinburgh Award Contributions to Edinburgh [18]
2009 France Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur [19]
2012 UK Freedom of the City of London Services to children's literature [20]
2017 UK Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Services to literature and philanthropy [21]

Academic

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Academic awards
Year Institution Honour Ref.
2015 Eastern Connecticut State University Honorary degree
2016 Johns Hopkins University Honorary degree
2017 Haverford College, Pennsylvania Honorary degree
University of Edinburgh Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Foreign Honorary Member
2018 Duke University, North Carolina Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree
Amherst College Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree
Bowdoin College Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree
SOAS, London Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit)
2019 American University Honorary degree
Georgetown University Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree
Rhode Island School of Design Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree
Yale University Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa
Northwestern University Honorary degree
2020 University of Pennsylvania Honorary degree
2022 Catholic University of Louvain Honorary Doctorate
University of Johannesburg Honorary Doctorate
Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Medal
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Popular culture awards
Year Awarded by Title Result Ref.
1999 Glamour Woman of the Year Won [22]
2007 Time Person of the Year Runner-up [23]
Barbara Walters (ABC) Most Fascinating Person of the Year Won [24]
2010 National Magazine Company Most Influential Woman in the UK Won [25]

Notes

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  1. ^ The award body described Rowling's work as "vínculo entre continentes y generaciones [es: a link between continents and generations]" and as promoting "la imaginación como fuente de libertad al servicio del bien y la cooperación y la solidaridad entre las personas [es: imagination as a source of freedom at the service of good and cooperation and solidarity among people]".[17]

References

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  1. ^ Anatol 2003, p. ix.
  2. ^ a b c d e Nel 2001, p. 73.
  3. ^ Kirk 2003, p. 122.
  4. ^ "Beckham Biography on 'Best Book' List". The Times. 11 March 2004. Gale A114144502.
  5. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (31 March 2006). "Arts, Briefly". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ^ Irvine, Lindesay (10 April 2008). "Another Honour for JK Rowling". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. ^ "WHSmith Children's Book of the Year: Shortlisted Titles". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009.
  8. ^ "Shortlist". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Best of the Nibbies at 30". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  10. ^ Waite-Taylor, Eva (13 May 2021). "British Book Awards Winners: From First-time Writers to a Teenage Activist and a Skincare Guru". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  11. ^ Wadham, Rachel L. (1998). "Recent Awards Roundup" (PDF). Children's Book and Media Review. 19 (5). Brigham Young University: 4. ISSN 1525-4208. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  12. ^ Tonkin, Boyd (28 April 2000). "Book Award Judges Relent and Shortlist Harry Potter". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  13. ^ Nel 2001, p. 72.
  14. ^ Kirk 2003, p. 121.
  15. ^ a b Whited 2002, p. 6.
  16. ^ "Caine Heads Birthday Honours List". BBC News. 17 June 2000. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  17. ^ a b "J.K. Rowling, creadora de Harry Potter, Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia" [J.K. Rowling, creator of Harry Potter, Concord Príncipe de Asturias]. El País (in Spanish). 10 September 2003. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  18. ^ "City Where Harry Potter Was Created Honours J.K. Rowling". CBC News. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  19. ^ Keaten, Jamey (3 February 2009). "France Honors Harry Potter Author Rowling". USA Today. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  20. ^ "Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Gets Freedom of the City". BBC News. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  21. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B25.
  22. ^ Smith 2002, p. 197.
  23. ^ Gibbs, Nancy (19 December 2007). "Person of the Year 2007: Runners-up: J.K. Rowling". Time. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  24. ^ "Walters Names Rowling 'Most Fascinating' Of 2007". Access Hollywood. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  25. ^ Pearse, Damien (11 October 2010). "Harry Potter Creator J.K. Rowling Named Most Influential Woman in the UK". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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