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Here are some notable Nigerian writers:
- Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) - novelist, poet, professor, and critic, best known for his novel "Things Fall Apart".
- Wole Soyinka (1934-present) - playwright, poet, and novelist, and the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1986).
- Ben Okri (1959-present) - novelist, poet, and playwright, known for his novel "The Famished Road", which won the Booker Prize in 1991.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977-present) - novelist, essayist, and short story writer, known for her novels "Half of a Yellow Sun" and "Americanah".
- Helon Habila (1967-present) - novelist, poet, and essayist, known for his novels "Waiting for an Angel" and "The Child".
- Sefi Atta (1965-present) - novelist, poet, and playwright, known for her novels "Everything Good Will Come" and "Swallow".
- Nnedi Okorafor (1971-present) - novelist, poet, and short story writer, known for her novels "Who Fears Death" and "Lagoon".
- Ayobami Adebayo (1988-present) - novelist, known for her novel "Stay with Me", which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017.
- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (1968-present) - novelist, known for her novels "Dust" and "The Dragonfly Sea".
- Teju Cole (1975-present) - novelist, essayist, and photographer, known for his novels "Open City" and "Known and Strange Things".
These are just a few examples of the many talented Nigerian writers out there.