The Collected Poetry by Senghor, Leopold Sedar

The Collected Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813918327)

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The Collected Poetry by Senghor, Leopold Sedar

The Collected Poetry

$38.50
The Collected Poetry by Senghor, Leopold Sedar

The Collected Poetry

$38.50
Format: Paperback
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Leopold Sedar Senghor was not only president of the Republic of Senegal from 1960 to 1981, he is also Africa's most famous poet. A cofounder of the Negritude cultural movement, he is recognized as one of the most significant figures in African literature. This bilingual edition of Senghor's complete poems made his work available for the first time to English-speaking audiences. His poetry, alive with sensual imagery, contrasts the lushness and wonder of Africa's past with the alienation and loss associated with assimilation into European culture. Translator Melvin Dixon places Senghor's writing in historical persepctive by relating it to both his political involvement and his intellectual development.



Author: Leopold Sedar Senghor
ISBN-10: 0813918324
ISBN-13: 9780813918327
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1998
Pages: 639
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.60d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 65 - Recommended/Special Interest
By Leopold Sedar Senghor
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Leopold Sedar Senghor was born in 1906 in Joal, Senegal and educated in Senegal and France. From 1960 to 1981 he was president of the Republic of Senegal, and in 1983 became the first African and only black intellectual elected to the French Academy. Melvin Dixon (1950-1992) was a Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York, and the author of Vanishing Rooms, Trouble the Water, Ride out the Wilderness, and Change of Territory.

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