Okoto
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Ugandan poet. One of East Africa's leading poets. He studied social anthropology in the UK and has served as a university professor since returning to the UK. He writes in Acholi and English. His work is based on an emphasis on the traditional cultural values of the Acholi people. His representative works include the prose poems The Song of Lawino (1966) and The Song of Oshol (1970), and the Acholi novel Are Your Teeth White? Then Smile (1953). He won the Kenyatta Prize for Literature in 1972. Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information |
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ウガンダの詩人。東アフリカを代表する詩人。英国留学で社会人類学を学び，帰国後大学教授を歴任。アチョリ語と英語で書く。アチョリ族の伝統的な文化価値の重視が作品の根底にある。代表作は散文詩《ラウィノの歌》（1966年），《オショルの歌》（1970年），アチョリ語小説《お前の歯は白いか，ならば笑え》（1953年）など。1972年ケニヤッタ文学賞受賞。
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