Amos Tutuola (1920–1997)

Auteur van The Palm-Wine Drinkard and his Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town

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Over de Auteur

Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He received his elementary education at a Salvation Army school and has lived mostly at Ibadan, where he was for a long time a messenger. His highly controversial reputation as a writer is based on his unique style, a type of pidgin English. Tutuola's toon meer most popular work so far is his romance, The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952), an extremely imaginative tall tale drawn from Yoruba legends and myths about a journey into the land of the dead. Despite the controversy surrounding Tutuola's "wrong" use of English, his historical significance as a writer cannot be disputed. Among the first black African writers to be published and win some degree of international recognition, he was also the first writer to see the possibilities of translating African mythology into English in an imaginative way. For all the controversy, Tutuola is highly popular and his books have been translated into many languages. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

Bevat de namen: Tutuola, Amos Tutola, Amos Tutola, Tutuola Amos, ames tutuola, エイモスチュツオーラ, エイモス・チュツオーラ

Fotografie: Owen Barfield World Wide Website

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The Palm-Wine Drinkard and his Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town (1952) 497 exemplaren

The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1952) 454 exemplaren

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954) 252 exemplaren

The Witch Herbalist of the Remote Town (1981) 59 exemplaren

Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962) 58 exemplaren

Pauper, Schreeuwbek en Lasteraar : roman (1987) 58 exemplaren

Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955) 49 exemplaren

The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories (1990) 47 exemplaren

The Brave African Huntress (1958) 36 exemplaren

Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty (1967) 18 exemplaren

Don't Pay Bad for Bad & Other Stories (2012) 15 exemplaren

The Wild Hunter in the Bush of the Ghosts (1989) — Auteur — 9 exemplaren

Yoruba Folktales (1986) — Auteur — 8 exemplaren

The Complete Gentleman 3 exemplaren

The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola (1953-01-01) 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1920-06-20
Overlijdensdatum: 1997-06-08
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Nigeria
Geboorteplaats: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Plaats van overlijden: Ibadan, Nigeria
Woonplaatsen: Abeokuta, Nigeria (birth)
Organisaties: Nigerian Royal Air Force

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The Palm-wine Drinkard door Amos Tutuola

Deze roman beschrijft de zoektocht van de naamloze hoofdpersoon naar zijn palmwijntapper. Deze palmwijntapper is overleden, en na zijn dood blijkt dat niemand de kunst van het palmwijn tappen zo goed verstaat als hij. Omdat de palmwijntapper overleden is, moet de hoofdpersoon op zoek naar de Stad van de Doden.

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