Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) was a Senegalese politician, poet and writer.
Also recorded as Leopold Sedar Senghor; Léopold Senghor; Léopold.
Overview
Born at Joal-Fadiouth in 1906, died at Verson in 2001.
In detail
Léopold Sédar Senghor studied at Faculty of Arts of Paris, École Normale Supérieure and Lycée Louis-le-Grand. the recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is poetry and politics.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include President of Senegal and member of the French National Assembly. Membership is recorded of Académie Française, Academia Latinitati Fovendae and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Works named in the authority record are Hosties noires, Éthiopiques and Oeuvre poétique.
Work by Léopold Sédar Senghor is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms and Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion.
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