| Léopold Senghor  AKA Léopold Sédar Senghor
Born: 9-Oct-1906
Birthplace: Joal, Senegal
Died: 20-Dec-2001
Location of death: Verson, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Bel-Air Cemetery, Dakar, Senegal
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State, Poet Nationality: Senegal
Executive summary: President of Senegal, 1960-80 Military service: French Army (drafted 1939, POW in Germany); French Resistance Wife: Ginette Éboué (m. 1946, div. 1955, two children)
Wife: Colette Hubert (until his death, one child)
High School: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris
University: Sorbonne
Professor: African Languages, École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer
President of Senegal (6-Sep-1960 to 31-Dec-1980)
French National Assembly (1946-)
French Academy (1983-2001, seat 16)
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1968
Author of books:
Chants d'ombre (1945, poetry, Songs of Shadow)
Hosties noires (1948, poetry, Black Offerings)
Ethiopiques (1956, poetry)
Nocturnes (1961, poetry)
Lettres de d'hivernage (1973)
Elegies majeures (1979, poetry, Major Elegies)
Ce que je crois: n�gritude, francit� et civilisation de l'universel (1988, memoir)
Oeuvre po�tique (1990, poetry)
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