{{short description|2016 novel by Elnathan John}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox book | name = Born on a Tuesday | image = File:Born on a Tuesday.jpg | image_size = | border = | alt = | caption = First edition | author = Elnathan John | country = Nigeria | language = English | genre = Literary Fiction | set_in = | publisher = Grove Press<ref name="KIK">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elnathan-john/born-on-a-tuesday/|title=BORN ON A TUESDAY &#124; Kirkus Reviews|access-date=15 August 2021|date=15 February 2016|via=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref> (first edition) | publisher2 = | pub_date = 3 May 2016<ref name="KIK"/> | published = | media_type = Print (paperback) | pages = 256 pp (first edition) | awards = | isbn = 978-0-8021-2482-1 | isbn_note = (first edition) | oclc = 1082440089 | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = Be(com)ing Nigerian | website = }} '''''Born on a Tuesday''''' is a 2016 novel by Nigeria writer Elnathan John. It is his debut novel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/ng/en/m/kul/mag/20863994.html|author=Claudia Cuadra|title=BORN ON A TUESDAY: NIGERIA'S INVISIBLE VOICES|via=Goethe-Institut Nigeria|date=2016|accessdate=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John review – a compelling debut set in northern Nigeria|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/born-on-tuesday-by-elnathan-john-review|author=Chika Unigwe|date=28 April 2016|via=The Guardian}}</ref> It was published in 2016 by Black Cat an imprint of Grove Press.<ref>{{cite web|title=LITERATURE AND FUNDAMENTALISM: BORN ON A TUESDAY AS INSIGHT IN THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN NIGERIA|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308891404|author=Ile Onyebuchi James|date=2016|via=ResearchGate|access-date=15 August 2021|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TBBNQ Reads: Born On A Tuesday by Elnathan John|url=https://www.thebookbanque.com/literary/review/boat-elnathanjohn|author=Hisseina|date=3 July 2017|via=The Book Banque|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Growing Up in Radicalized Nigeria: A New Novel Shows the Gritty Reality|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/books/review/born-on-a-tuesday-elnathan-john.html|author=Fiammetta Rocco|date=1 July 2016|via=The New York Times|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>

==Plot summary== Dantala is the protagonist of ''Born on a Tuesday''— a story about life, love, friendship, and loss— a young boy from a Sheikh household who attempts to navigate religious and political divides in North West Nigeria.

Dantala resided among a street gang that planned to disrupt an election, which backfired and forced Dantala to flee for his life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Born on a Tuesday' by Elnathan John|url=https://literandra.com/book-review-born-on-a-tuesday-by-elnathan-john/|author=Alessandra Bassey|date=11 July 2019|via=Literandra|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8021-2482-1|date=3 July 2016|access-date=15 August 2021|via=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Elnathan John's debut novel out November 12|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/artsbooks/192825-elnathan-johns-debut-novel-out-november-12.html|author=Times, Premium|date=|access-date=15 August 2021|via=Premium Times|newspaper=Premium Times}}</ref>

==Reception== On 2016, it was shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature.<ref>{{Cite news|title=11 authors shortlisted for The Nigerian Prize For Literature 2016|url=https://guardian.ng/art/11-authors-shortlisted-for-the-nigerian-prize-for-literature-2016/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|author=Florence Utor|date=17 July 2016|via=The Guardian Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=15 August 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Also, on 2017, it was Longlisted for the 9mobile Prize for Literature.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Nine Authors Make Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 Longlist|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/01/05/nine-authors-make-etisalat-prize-for-literature-2016-longlist/|last=Admin|date=1 May 2017|via=THISDAYLIVE|access-date=15 August 2021|newspaper=This Day}}</ref> It was also shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crowdfunded small-press prize announces inaugural shortlist|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/11/neil-griffiths-republic-consciousness-small-press-prize-inaugural-shortlist|author=Danuta Kean|date=1 November 2017|via=The Guardian UK|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> He also won Betty Trask Award for ''Born on a Tuesday''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Previous winners of the Betty Trask Prize and Awards|url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Fiction/Betty-Trask/Past-winners|date=21 July 2018|via=Society of Authors|accessdate=15 August 2021}}</ref> It made to the Top 10 Nigerian Books of 2019 by Channels Television.<ref>{{cite web|title='Afonja','Be(com)ing Nigerian' – The Top Nigerian Books Of 2019|url=https://www.channelstv.com/2019/12/31/afonja-becoming-nigerian-the-top-nigerian-books-of-2019/|author=Arts Editor|date=31 December 2019|via=Channels Television|accessdate=15 August 2021}}</ref>

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Category:2016 Nigerian novels Category:Political novels Category:Anti-war novels Category:2016 debut novels Category:Grove Press books