Léon-Gontran Damas
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Léon-Gontran Damas was a French Guianese poet, politician, and pioneering anti-colonial thinker who co-founded the Négritude movement alongside Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Léon-Gontran Damas canonical | 3 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Négritude writer
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anti-colonial thinker ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cayenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Négritude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderWith |
Aimé Césaire
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Léopold Sédar Senghor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfOrigin | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-01-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Victor-Schœlcher
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University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French Guianan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Damas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African diaspora studies
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anti-colonialism ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
poetry
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political essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Léon-Gontran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Négritude writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aimé Césaire
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Léopold Sédar Senghor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | French National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Négritude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Black cultural affirmation
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critique of colonialism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pigments
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Retour de Guyane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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poet ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caribbean literature
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Francophone literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cayenne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Deputy of the French National Assembly ⓘ |
| representedInLegislature | French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Howard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
French Guiana
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Paris ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
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