Read more Chinua Achebe stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2953/chinua-achebe.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 12:18:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3040/achebe-wins-booker-prize.htmlColleen Barry<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=7466&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034701' border='0' />Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart , won the Booker International prize, an award given out every two years to recognize a living writer's body of work. The 76-year-old Nigerian is credited with the creation of the modern African novel and is the most translated African author.Nigerian author Chinua Achebe on Oct. 13, 2002, in Frankfurt, Germany. Achebe won the 2007 Man Booker International Prize for fiction in London, Wednesday June 12, 2007, beating nominees such as Philip Roth, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan.(AP Photo/Axel Seidemann)http://www.newser.com/story/3040/achebe-wins-booker-prize.htmlWed, 13 Jun 2007 07:00:39 CDT