Léopold Sédar Senghor

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Catholic cultural theorist essayist human member of parliament poet politician statesman university teacher

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, cultural theorist, and statesman who became the first president of Senegal and a leading figure of the Négritude movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Léopold Sédar Senghor canonical	11
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instanceOf	Catholic ⓘ cultural theorist ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ member of parliament ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived	Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ surface form: Grand Croix of the Légion d’honneur Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France) ⓘ Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion (Senegal) ⓘ Prix de poésie de l’Académie française ⓘ
birthDate	1906-10-09 ⓘ
birthPlace	Joal ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
coFounderOf	Negritude ⓘ surface form: Négritude movement
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	2001-12-20 ⓘ
deathPlace	France ⓘ Verson ⓘ
educatedAt	Lycée Louis-le-Grand ⓘ Sorbonne University NERFINISHED ⓘ École normale supérieure (Paris) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Serer people ⓘ
familyName	Léopold Sédar Senghor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Senghor
givenName	Léopold NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommonsCategory	Léopold Sédar Senghor ONNED1 ⓘ
hasSignature	signature of Léopold Sédar Senghor ⓘ
hasWikipediaArticle	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	African socialism ⓘ pan-Africanism ⓘ
influenced	Francophone African literature ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ
influencedBy	African oral traditions ⓘ Aimé Césaire ⓘ
knownFor	Francophone African poetry ⓘ first President of Senegal ⓘ leading figure of the Négritude movement ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ Serer ⓘ
memberOf	Académie française ⓘ Fundamental Institute of Black Africa ⓘ surface form: Société africaine de culture
militaryService	French Army ⓘ
movement	Negritude ⓘ surface form: Négritude
name	Léopold Sédar Senghor self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Chants d’ombre ⓘ Hosties noires ⓘ Liberté I ⓘ Liberté II ⓘ Liberté III ONNED1 ⓘ Nocturnes ⓘ Éthiopiques ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ politician ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ
officeEnd	1980-12-31 ⓘ
officeStart	1960-09-06 ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Catholic cemetery of Bel-Air, Dakar ⓘ
positionHeld	President of Senegal ⓘ deputy in the French National Assembly ⓘ member of the National Assembly of France ⓘ minister in the French government ⓘ
precededBy	office created ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Colette Hubert ⓘ Ginette Éboué NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy	Abdou Diouf ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar	World War II ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Senghor