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Tutuola, Amos

Born June 1920 in Abeokuta. Nigerian writer.

Tutuola, who writes in English, is the author of The Palm-wine Drinkard (1952), My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954), Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955; Russian translation, The Adventures of Simbi, 1968), and Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962; Russian translation, 1968). Tutuola’s works are based on oral legends and folklore motifs of the Yoruban people.

WORKS

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty. London, 1967.

REFERENCES

Ivasheva, V. V. “Roman sovremennoi Nigerii.” In the collection Literatura stran Afriki. Moscow, 1964.
Ivasheva, V. V. Literatura stran Zapadnoi Afriki: Proza. Moscow, 1967.
Collins, H. R. Amos Tutuola. New York [1969].

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No references found	The multiple identities of the two authors, Amos Tutuola (Palm-Wine Drinkard, 1952) and Ken Saro-Wiwa (Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English, 1985) influence their works, which can prove to be tricky for foreign translators, as will be seen in the case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Amos Tutuola. Problems of translating two Nigerian novels into German by Adeaga, Tomi / Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture (UEM) While working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, he composed his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1959), at a time when Nigerian prose fiction was represented solely by the fantastic folklore romances of Amos Tutuola and the popular stories of urban life of Cyprian Ekwensi. Spotlight : Chinua Achebe by The Star (Amman, Jordan) of Northern Colorado) presents an anthology of literature by African writers, including myths and legends, early autobiographies written by African slaves, and works by well-known and new writers such as Amos Tutuola, Peter Abrahams, Camara Laye, James Ene Henshaw, Chinua Achebe, Miriama Ba, Bessie Head, Tayeb Salih, and Wole Soyinka. The Rienner anthology of African literature by Reference & Research Book News	Amorpha amorphic allele Amorphosporangium amorphous amorphous film amorphous frost amorphous laser amorphous memory array amorphous mineral amorphous peat amorphous ribbon Amorphous Semiconductor amorphous silicon amorphous sky amorphous snow amorphous solid Amorphous State amortisseur winding amortization Amortization of Fixed Capital amortize amortizement Amos Amos 'n' Andy Amos and Andy Amos Tutuola amosite Amosov, Ivan Amosov, Ivan Afanasevich Amosov, Nikolai Amosov, Nikolai Mikhailovich amount limit amount of mixing amount of substance Amoy Amoz amp amp off amp-hr amp-turn ampacity ampangabeite Ampeliscidae ampelite Ampelography ampelopsis amper amperage Ampere Ampère balance Ampère currents	Amortizing Option Amortizing Options Amortizing Swaption Amortizing Swaptions Amorwe Amos Amos Amos Amos & Andy Amos 'n Andy Amos 'n Andy Show Amos 'n' Andy Amos (disambiguation) Amos (disambiguation) Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos and Andy AMOS Daytime Optical Near-Infrared Imaging System Amos Dettonville Amos Dettonville Amos Klausner Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Amos n Andy Amos N' Andy Amos Natural Science Education Services Amos T. Akerman Amos Tappan Akerman Amos Tutuola Amos W. Steinhacker Amos, Quebec, Canada AMOSA AMOSC Amose Amose Amosis Amosite Amoskeag Quilters Guild AMOSO Amosov, Ivan Amosov, Ivan Afanasevich Amosov, Nikolai Amosov, Nikolai Mikhailovich AMOSS Amoss' sign AMOSSHE AMOSUP Amot AMOTC amotio amotio amotio retinae amotio retinae AMOTION AMOTION Amotivational syndrome Amotus

The multiple identities of the two authors, Amos Tutuola (Palm-Wine Drinkard, 1952) and Ken Saro-Wiwa (Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English, 1985) influence their works, which can prove to be tricky for foreign translators, as will be seen in the case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Amos Tutuola.

Problems of translating two Nigerian novels into German by Adeaga, Tomi / Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture (UEM)

While working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, he composed his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1959), at a time when Nigerian prose fiction was represented solely by the fantastic folklore romances of Amos Tutuola and the popular stories of urban life of Cyprian Ekwensi.

Spotlight : Chinua Achebe by The Star (Amman, Jordan)

of Northern Colorado) presents an anthology of literature by African writers, including myths and legends, early autobiographies written by African slaves, and works by well-known and new writers such as Amos Tutuola, Peter Abrahams, Camara Laye, James Ene Henshaw, Chinua Achebe, Miriama Ba, Bessie Head, Tayeb Salih, and Wole Soyinka.

The Rienner anthology of African literature by Reference & Research Book News

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