Léopold Sédar Senghor

Nationality

France

Date of Birth

09/10/1906

Eternal Presence

119 years 122 days

Date of Death

20/12/2001

Place of Birth

Joal-Fadiouth

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Biography & Career

first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

GIẢI THƯỞNG TIÊU BIỂU

Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association Prix Guillaume Apollinaire Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

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