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Amos Tutuola

1920 - 1997

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Tutuola is the 3,191st most popular writer (up from 3,451st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 21st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amos Tutuola ranks 3,191 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni della Casa, Theodor Kallifatides, Bâkî, Panteleimon Kulish, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, and Hamnet Shakespeare. After him are Gunnar Ekelöf, Phylarchus, Kosta Khetagurov, Yakov Perelman, Géza Gárdonyi, and Vincent Voiture.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Amos Tutuola ranks 204. Before him are Lê Đức Anh, Richard E. Bellman, Vlastimil Brodský, Stanko Todorov, Yegor Ligachyov, and Alfredo II. After him are Lewis Gilbert, James Doohan, Danilo Alvim, Clifton James, Katsuko Saruhashi, and Milton George Henschel. Among people deceased in 1997, Amos Tutuola ranks 136. Before him are Dick van Dijk, Georges Marchais, Sanford Meisner, King Hu, Lev Kopelev, and Alfredo II. After him are René Huyghe, William J. Brennan Jr., Hans Bauer, Lam Ching-ying, Paul Carell, and Giorgio Strehler.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 25 out of 309. Before him are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Moshood Abiola (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), and Olaudah Equiano (1745). After him are Yakubu Gowon (1934), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Victor Osimhen (1998), Tony Allen (1940), Aliko Dangote (1957), and Shehu Shagari (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 4. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), and Olaudah Equiano (1745). After him are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Sefi Atta (1964), and Chris Abani (1966).

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