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Amos Olatubosun Tutuola
Born
Amos Olatubosun Tutuola Odegbami

(1920-06-20)20 June 1920
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Died8 June 1997(1997-06-08) (aged 76)
Ibadan, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Known forAuthor
Notable workThe Palm-Wine Drinkard
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
SpouseVictoria Alake
Children8

Amos Tutuola (Yoruba: Ámósì Tutùọlá; 20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales.

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laureate, (1986) Ibrahim Sheme (born 1968), novelist, poet, publisher Amos Tutuola (1920–1997), novelist Kola Tubosun (born 1981), poet, essayist and linguist...

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Anowa

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2018). "Tradition and the African Children's Storyteller: The Example of Amos Tutuola and Ama Ata Aidoo". Folklore. 129 (1): 58–77. doi:10.1080/0015587X.2017...

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