Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. September 15, 1977
Birthday: September 15
My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn't go through.
source: "Half of a Yellow Sun". Interview with Rina Palta, www.motherjones.com. October 24, 2006. 
topic: War, Writing, Profound, Grandfather Died
