Léopold Sédar Senghor (/sɒŋˈɡɔːr/; French: [sɑ̃ɡɔʁ]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was...

The Prix Goncourt (French: Le prix Goncourt, IPA: [lə pʁi ɡɔ̃kuʁ], The Goncourt Prize) is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt...

novel, Anguille sous roche, he won the Prix Senghor and received a special mention by the Prix Wepler. He won the Prix Roman France Télévisions in 2019 for...

Governor General's Awards. The novel also won the Prix des libraires du Québec and the Prix Senghor. The Dishwasher, a translation of Le Plongeur by Pablo...

The passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, formerly known as passerelle Solférino (or pont de Solférino), is a footbridge over the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement...

Iranian-French writer Parisa Reza [fr]. It was awarded the 2015 Prix Senghor [fr] and the 2017 Prix littéraire Québec-France Marie-Claire-Blais [fr]. The story...

historian 1977 : Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist 1978 : Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and statesman 1979 : Jean Hamburger, French surgeon and...

the Prix Ivoire in November 2015. 1996: Prix Jacques-Stephen Alexis 2006: Prix Senghor 2011: Bourse Barbancourt 2011: Prince Claus Award 2015: Prix Ivoire...

Giscard d'Estaing – and one foreign head of state, the poet Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal, who was also the first African elected, in 1983. Other famous...

Louis-le-Grand from 1929 his circle included Léopold Sédar Senghor and Georges Pompidou. He won the Prix Louis Barthou of the Académie française for the autobiographical...

planning to stage a military coup to overthrow President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Of rural origin, Mamadou Dia was born in Khombole, in the Thies Region...

received the Schiller Prize Découverte, the Prix Senghor [fr] for first francophone novel, the Prix Dentan and the Prix Thyde-Monnier from the Société des gens...

for several literary prizes, namely the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Prix France-Québec and the Prix Senghor de la création littéraire. Although he...

Pierre Seghers, Marcel Béalu, Vincent Monteiro, Luc Estang, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Jean-Claude Renard, Yves Martin, and Claude Roy. It has been attributed...

an editor and literary critic. She is a winner of the Prix Léopold Sedar Senghor and the Prix Ulysse. Georgia Makhlouf was born in Lebanon. At the age...

debut novel, Voleurs de sucre, was published in 2005, and won the Prix Senghor and the Prix Jovette-Bernier. Its English translation, Sugar Thieves, was issued...

the Social Sciences (EHESS), where his research focused on Léopold Sédar Senghor. Sarr began writing more and pursued fiction, opting not to finish his...

governments under the influence of African Heads of State, Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal, Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia, Hamani Diori of Niger and Prince...

body of the French language. This seat was last held by Léopold Sédar Senghor. A month later, Ben Jelloun ended his campaign for the position. Today...

portatifs Zaire 1996: Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti) 1996: Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) for Anthologie de la nouvelle poesie negre et malgache de langue...

named Prime Minister. In 1970, Senghor reinstated the post of prime minister, giving it to Diouf, his protégé. Senghor trusted Diouf, who had administrative...

proclaimed independence. Léopold Sédar Senghor was elected Senegal's first president in August 1960. Pro-African, Senghor advocated a brand of African socialism...

Jeux de la Francophonie Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie AFFOI TV5Monde LGBT rights Related Francophone economy Senghor University Category...

is an annual one-day track and field competition at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was...

The Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie (literally "Prize of the five continents of the francophonie") is a literary prize created in 2001 by the...

liquide (Gallimard, 2021) Tombeau de Léopold Sédar Senghor (Le Temps qu’il fait, 2003) Léopold Sédar Senghor (Éditions Seghers, 2006) La Nouvelle Chose française...

Jeux de la Francophonie Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie AFFOI TV5Monde LGBT rights Related Francophone economy Senghor University Category...

Jeux de la Francophonie Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie AFFOI TV5Monde LGBT rights Related Francophone economy Senghor University Category...

writer, he won the Prix des Amériques insulaires et de la Guyane in 2006 for his novel "Bord de canal". In 2020, he won the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe...

négritude movement, the poet and eventual president of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, published in 1948 the first anthology of French-language poetry written...