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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amos Tutuola has received more than 176,652 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Tutuola is the 3,957th most popular writer (down from 3,355th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 18th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amos Tutuola ranks 3,957 out of 5,755. Before him are José María Heredia y Heredia, Dharamvir Bharati, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Fernando de Herrera, and Meir Shalev. After him are Erich Weinert, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Camille Paglia, Francesco Mario Pagano, Konstantin Batyushkov, and John VIII of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Amos Tutuola ranks 241. Before him are Beah Richards, Fernando Riera, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Nikolai Grinko, Andrée Chedid, and Silvestre Igoa. After him are Edmonde Charles-Roux, Vincent Gardenia, John Dall, Anna Langfus, Augusto da Costa, and Maxi Herber. Among people deceased in 1997, Amos Tutuola ranks 176. Before him are Tete Montoliu, Jeane Dixon, Diosdado Macapagal, Hans Bauer, Erich Eliskases, and Dharamvir Bharati. After him are Afonsinho, Eitel Cantoni, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Bozorg Alavi, Josef Posipal, and Richard Jaeckel.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 28 out of 236. Before him are Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Rashidi Yekini (1963). After him are Bennet Omalu (1968), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), and Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Amos Tutuola ranks 5. Before him are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977). After him are Flora Nwapa (1931), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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