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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Leopold Sedar Senghor
First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001).
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Statements about
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Politician
Poet
Writer
French Resistance Fighter
Philosopher
Member of Political Party
French Section of the Workers' International
Socialist Party of Senegal
Place of Death
Verson
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Calvados
Country
:
France
France
Date of Birth
10/9/1906
Date of Death
12/20/2001
Educated At
Faculty of Arts of Paris
École Normale Supérieure
Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
Instance Of
Human
Place of Birth
Joal-Fadiouth
Country
:
French Senegal
Position Held
President of Senegal
(9/6/1960 - 12/31/1980)
Replaced By
:
Abdou Diouf
Start Time
:
9/6/1960
End Time
:
12/31/1980
Member of the French National Assembly
Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity
(4/28/1980 - 7/1/1980)
Replaced By
:
Siaka Stevens
Replaces
:
William Richard Tolbert
Start Time
:
4/28/1980
End Time
:
7/1/1980
Senator of the Community
Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(8/13/1949 - 9/14/1959)
Represents
:
France
Start Time
:
8/13/1949
End Time
:
9/14/1959
Seat 16 of the Académie Française
(6/2/1983 - 12/20/2001)
Replaced By
:
Valéry Giscard D'Estaing
Replaces
:
Antoine De Lévis Mirepoix
Start Time
:
6/2/1983
End Time
:
12/20/2001
Chairperson of ECOWAS
(9/30/1979 - 12/31/1980)
Replaced By
:
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Replaces
:
Olusegun Obasanjo
Start Time
:
9/30/1979
End Time
:
12/31/1980
Image
Member Of
Académie Française
(6/2/1983 - )
Start Time
:
6/2/1983
Academia Latinitati Fovendae
(1973 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Honorary Member
Start Time
:
1973
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
(1961)
Point in Time
:
1961
Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco
Subject Has Role
:
Associate Member
Académie Des Sciences D'outre-Mer
Académie Des Sciences, Belles-Lettres Et Arts De Rouen
Religion or Worldview
Catholic Church
Native Language
French
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
French
Given Name
Léopold
Series Ordinal
:
1
Sédar
Series Ordinal
:
2
Described by Source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:
Сенгор Леопольд Седар
Dictionary of African Biography
URL
:
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Obálky Knih
URL
:
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Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference
Volume
:
2
Nominated For
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1963)
Point in Time
:
1963
Work Location
Paris
Name in Native Language
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Pronunciation Audio
:
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Spouse
Colette Hubert
(1957 - 2001)
Start Time
:
1957
End Time
:
2001
Ginette Éboué
(1946 - 1956)
Start Time
:
1946
End Time
:
1956
Relative
Charles M. Huber
Kinship to Subject
:
Great-Nephew
Simone Sow
Kinship to Subject
:
Great-Niece
Start of Work Period
1935
Assessment
Agrégation of Grammar
(1935)
Point in Time
:
1935
Ranking
:
27
Pronunciation Audio
Place of Burial
Bel-Air Cemetery
Family Name
Senghor
Candidacy in Election
Senegalese Presidential Election, 1963
Senegalese Presidential Election, 1968
Senegalese Presidential Election, 1973
Has Works in the Collection
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Field of Work
Poetry
Politics
Notable Work
Hosties Noires
Éthiopiques
Oeuvre Poétique
Country of Citizenship
Senegal
France
Award Received
32 items
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
(1961)
Point in Time
:
1961
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Paris
(1961)
Point in Time
:
1961
Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX
(10/2/1962)
Point in Time
:
10/2/1962
Honorary Doctorate From the University of Strasbourg
(11/21/1964)
Point in Time
:
11/21/1964
Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University
(1966)
Point in Time
:
1966
Honorary Doctor of the University of Bordeaux
(1966)
Point in Time
:
1966
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' And Booksellers' Association
(9/22/1968)
Unnamed
:
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Point in Time
:
9/22/1968
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
(6/16/1973)
Point in Time
:
6/16/1973
Prix Guillaume Apollinaire
(1974)
Point in Time
:
1974
Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
(3/13/1975)
Point in Time
:
3/13/1975
Golden Wreath
(1975)
Point in Time
:
1975
Prince Pierre Award
(1977)
Point in Time
:
1977
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
(1978)
Point in Time
:
1978
Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca
(1978)
Follows
:
Germaine Tillion
Followed By
:
Jean Hamburger
Point in Time
:
1978
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Nancy
(1979)
Point in Time
:
1979
Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes University
(1980)
Point in Time
:
1980
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
(1982)
Point in Time
:
1982
Honorary Doctorate From University of Bordeaux-II
(3/26/1982)
Point in Time
:
3/26/1982
Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize
(1983)
Point in Time
:
1983
International Nonino Prize
(1985)
Point in Time
:
1985
Honorary Doctorate From ENS
(8/6/1992)
Point in Time
:
8/6/1992
Distinguished Africanist Award
(1994)
Point in Time
:
1994
Grand Prix Littéraire en Poésie D'Afrique Noire
(1996)
Point in Time
:
1996
Anniversary Medal at the Occasion of the 2500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Iranian Empire
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Honorary Doctorate of Salzburg University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Vienna
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua
Father
Basie
Mother
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