But he continued to write and his novels, poems and essays and in his later years he was an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government.

BBC: Chinua Achebe: Obituary of Nigeria's renowned author

He has written several books and, on a Panasonic Toughbook computer that rarely leaves his side, produces a constant stream of poems, essays, and blog postings.

NEWYORKER: Neptune��s Navy

Along with the fiction and the biographies on which his reputation chiefly rests, he produced a seemingly effortless stream of plays, translations, poems, travelogues, and essays.

NEWYORKER: The Escape Artist

Asking digital readers to pony up for essays, journalism and poems is no longer a fringe proposition, as major media outlets are embracing digital-subscription models.

WSJ: Pushing Editorial Into World of Apps