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Léopold Sédar Senghor

1906 - 2001

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Léopold Sédar Senghor (; French: [sɑ̃ɡɔʁ]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one of the major theoreticians of Négritude. He was a proponent of African culture, black identity, and African empowerment within the framework of French-African ties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léopold Sédar Senghor has received more than 964,528 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Léopold Sédar Senghor is the 464th most popular writer (down from 437th in 2019), the most popular biography from Senegal and the most popular Senegalese Writer.

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a French-speaking African poet, politician, and statesman who was the first president of Senegal. He is most famous for his contributions to the arts and literature.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Léopold Sédar Senghor ranks 464 out of 5,755. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasily Grossman, Wu Cheng'en, and Enheduanna. After him are Henry IV of Castile, René Guénon, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Jacques Hébert, Grazia Deledda, and William Makepeace Thackeray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Léopold Sédar Senghor ranks 34. Before him are Ed Gein, Léon Degrelle, Soichiro Honda, Hassan al-Banna, Hans Asperger, and Alexey Stakhanov. After him are Josef Kramer, John Huston, Wassily Leontief, James E. Webb, Hans Bethe, and Dino Buzzati. Among people deceased in 2001, Léopold Sédar Senghor ranks 14. Before him are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Jack Lemmon, Herbert A. Simon, Didi, Christiaan Barnard, and Sabiha Gökçen. After him are Iannis Xenakis, Fred Hoyle, Wilhelm Mohnke, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Ernst Gombrich, and Alberto Korda.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor ranks 1 out of 114. After him are Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Abdou Diouf (1935), Ségolène Royal (1953), Lamine Diack (1933), Macky Sall (1961), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Patrick Vieira (1976), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), and Patrice Evra (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Senegal

Among writers born in Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor ranks 1. After him are Mariama Bâ (1929), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Birago Diop (1908), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Fatou Diome (1968), Khady Sylla (1963), and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (1990).

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