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Amos Tutuola

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Amos Tutuola

Nigerian writer (1920-1997)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1920
Died: 1997
Works: 33

Top works

My life in the bush of ghosts
Tutuola at the university
Mozkor bat sasirik-sasi
El bebedor de vino de palma
The Brave African Huntress

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1963-08-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 8
Total plays: 11

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1920 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Nigerian male writers 20th-century Nigerian novelists Diabetes-related deaths English-language Nigerian writers International Writing Program alumni Nigerian artisans Nigerian expatriates in the United States Nigerian fantasy writers Nigerian folklorists Nigerian male novelists

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5 total works indexed

Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
· 1979 · cited 39,618x
Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
· 1974 · cited 23,513x
The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
· 1981 · cited 11,771x
Advances in prospect theory: Cumulative representation of uncertainty
· 1992 · cited 11,521x
Availability: A heuristic for judging frequency and probability
· 1973 · cited 6,513x

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Key dates

Born: 20 June 1920
Died: 8 March 1997

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Amos
Gender: male
Citizenship: Nigeria
Place of birth: Abeokuta
Place of death: Ibadan
Occupation: novelist
Educated at: International Writing Program
Languages spoken: Nigerian Pidgin
Notable work: The Palm-Wine Drinkard

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P1196: natural causes
P509: diabetes
P485: Harry Ransom Center
P172: Yoruba people
P6886: English language

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