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1920 - Born on June 20th in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Nigerian author of richly inventive fantasies.
1939 - He worked as a blacksmith and at other jobs until his first novel was published.
- He was influenced by D.O. Fagunwa, a Nigerian author who wrote similar folk fantasies earlier in Yoruba.
1952 - He is best known for the novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town, which was the first Nigerian book to achieve international fame.
1954 - Tutuola followed up his first book with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
1955 - Wrote Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle, a more compact tale focusing upon a beautiful and rich young girl who leaves her home and experiences poverty and starvation.
1958-1981 - More of his books followed—The Brave African Huntress, The Feather Woman of the Jungle, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty, and The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town.
1986 - His later works include Yoruba Folktales, Pauper, Brawler, and Slanderer, and The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories.
1997 - Died on June 8th in Ibadan, Nigeria.
1939 - He worked as a blacksmith and at other jobs until his first novel was published.
- He was influenced by D.O. Fagunwa, a Nigerian author who wrote similar folk fantasies earlier in Yoruba.
1952 - He is best known for the novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town, which was the first Nigerian book to achieve international fame.
1954 - Tutuola followed up his first book with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
1955 - Wrote Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle, a more compact tale focusing upon a beautiful and rich young girl who leaves her home and experiences poverty and starvation.
1958-1981 - More of his books followed—The Brave African Huntress, The Feather Woman of the Jungle, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty, and The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town.
1986 - His later works include Yoruba Folktales, Pauper, Brawler, and Slanderer, and The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories.
1997 - Died on June 8th in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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