Léopold Sédar Senghor

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Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, cultural theorist, and statesman who became the first president of Senegal and a leading figure of the Négritude movement.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor canonical 11
Leopold Senghor 1
Senghor 1

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instanceOf Catholic
cultural theorist
essayist
human
member of parliament
poet
politician
statesman
university teacher
awardReceived Grand Croix of the Légion d’honneur
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France)
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion (Senegal)
Prix de poésie de l’Académie française
birthDate 1906-10-09
birthPlace Joal
Senegal
coFounderOf Négritude movement
linked to: Negritude
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship France
Senegal NERFINISHED
deathDate 2001-12-20
deathPlace France
Verson
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Sorbonne University NERFINISHED
École normale supérieure (Paris) NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Serer people
familyName Senghor
givenName Léopold NERFINISHED
hasCommonsCategory Léopold Sédar Senghor ONNED1
hasSignature signature of Léopold Sédar Senghor
hasWikipediaArticle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor
headOfGovernment Senegal NERFINISHED
ideology African socialism
pan-Africanism
influenced Francophone African literature
postcolonial theory
influencedBy African oral traditions
Aimé Césaire
knownFor Francophone African poetry
first President of Senegal
leading figure of the Négritude movement
languageOfWorkOrName French
Serer
memberOf Académie française
Société africaine de culture
militaryService French Army
movement Négritude
linked to: Negritude
name Léopold Sédar Senghor
notableWork Chants d’ombre
Hosties noires
Liberté I
Liberté II
Liberté III ONNED1
Nocturnes
Éthiopiques
occupation poet
politician
professor
writer
officeEnd 1980-12-31
officeStart 1960-09-06
placeOfBurial Catholic cemetery of Bel-Air, Dakar
positionHeld President of Senegal
deputy in the French National Assembly
member of the National Assembly of France
minister in the French government
precededBy office created
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Colette Hubert
Ginette Éboué NERFINISHED
succeededBy Abdou Diouf
wasPrisonerOfWar World War II

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Leopold hasNotableBearer Leopold Senghor
linked to: Léopold Sédar Senghor
African socialism associatedWithLeader Léopold Sédar Senghor
President of Senegal firstHolder Léopold Sédar Senghor
President of Senegal officeHoldersInclude Léopold Sédar Senghor
Negritude hasFounder Léopold Sédar Senghor
Negritude associatedWithPerson Léopold Sédar Senghor
Aimé Césaire coFoundedWith Léopold Sédar Senghor
Joal notablePerson Léopold Sédar Senghor
Joal birthplaceOf Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor name Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor familyName Senghor
linked to: Léopold Sédar Senghor