| Intro | Senegalese poet and literary critic | ||
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Poet Critic Literary critic |
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| From | Senegal | ||
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Literature |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
4 August 1953, Dakar, Senegal |
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| Death |
4 February 2018, Dakar, Senegal |
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| Star sign | Leo | ||
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Hamidou Dia (Saldé, 1953 – February 4, 2018) was a Senegalese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher.
He studied philosophy in Dakar and Paris, and achieved a doctorate in French Literature at the University of Laval. He later taught philosophy in the United States, Canada and Senegal.
Works
- Les Sanglots de l’espoir, 1987
- Le Serment, 1987
- Koumbi Saleh ou Les pâturages du ciel, 1993
- Les Remparts de la mémoire, 1999
- Poètes d’Afrique et de Antilles, 2002
- Poésie africaine et engagement, 2002
- L’Écho des jours, 2008 (with a preface by Cheikh Hamidou Kane)
- Présences, 2011
- Aboubakry Kane, le dernier fils de la Grande Royale, 2013 (co-written with Youssouph Mbargane Guissé)