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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
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culture · First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001) · politician · poet · writer · French resistance fighter · philosopher · teacher · also Léopold Sédar Senghor, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Léopold Senghor, Léopold, Senghor
Born 9 October 1906 · Died 20 December 2001 · Q154545
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
The New York Times: Léopold Sédar Senghor’s Library Heading to Senegal
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Radio France Internationale: Senegal buys back library of poet-president Léopold Senghor from France
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2023· 1 entry
MyJoyOnline: Léopold Sédar Senghor: Senegal delays auction in France
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2020· 2 entries
dw: Léopold Sédar Senghor: From prisoner to president
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dw: Léopold Senghor: From prisoner to president
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2013· 1 entry
Fabula: Leopold Sedar Senghor: Prospects and Perspectives
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2002· 1 entry
The National Interest: A Poet Passes: Léopold Sédar Senghor Remembered
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2001· 1 entry
Died 2001-12-20.
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire (1996).
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Distinguished Africanist Award (1994).
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Was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Studies Association; however, there was controversy about whether he met the standard of contributing "a lifetime record of outstanding scholarship in African
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1993· 1 entry
The last and fifth book of the Liberté series was published: Liberté 5: le dialogue des cultures
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from ENS (1992).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded International Nonino Prize (1985).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize (1983).
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Career landmark: seat 16 of the Académie française (1983–2001).
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1982· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II (1982).
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Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1982).
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Was one of the founders of the Association France and developing countries whose objectives were to bring attention to the problems of developing countries, in the wake of the changes affecting the latter
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University (1980).
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Career landmark: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1980–1980).
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1979).
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Career landmark: Chairperson of ECOWAS (1979–1980).
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1978· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1978).
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Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1978).
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Was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Prince Pierre Award (1977).
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1976· 2 entries
Senghor permitted opposition parties while retaining an unequal playing field favoring his party
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Senghor permitted opposition parties to compete, although he limited the number of total parties to three (socialist, communist and liberal), of which Senghor's party would be the designated socialist party
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1975· 2 entries
Won Golden Wreath (1975).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1973).
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1968· 2 entries
Awarded Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1968).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Armed Forces of Senegal (1968–1970).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1966).
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Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1966).
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1964· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1964).
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Senghor published the first volume of a series of five, titled Liberté
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (1962).
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1961· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1961).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1961).
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1960· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Senegal (1960–1980).
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1951· 1 entry
As an independent overseas member, Senghor was appointed state secretary to the council's president in Edgar Faure's government from 1 March 1955 to 1 February 1956
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1949–1959).
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1948· 1 entry
Senghor compiled and edited a volume of Francophone poetry called Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote an introduction, entitled "Orphée Noir" (Black Orpheus)
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1947· 1 entry
Senghor left the African Division of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), which had given enormous financial support to the social movement
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1939· 1 entry
Senghor was enlisted in the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment of the French army with the rank of private (2e Classe) despite his higher education
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1936· 1 entry
Was inspired by the entry of Italian troops in Addis Ababa
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1928· 1 entry
Senghor sailed from Senegal for France, beginning, in his words, "sixteen years of wandering"
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1916· 1 entry
“s territory. Senghor argued for a federal model whereby each African territory would govern its own internal affairs, and this federation would be part of a larger French confederation that run foreign affairs, defence and development policies. Senghor opposed indigenous nationalism, arguing that African territories would develop more successfully within a federal model where each territory had its”
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-10-09.
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