Amadou Cissé Dia (1960)

Amadou Cissé Dia (2 June 1915 – 1 November 2002) was a Senegalese politician and playwright.[1] Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, he wrote plays in French including Les Derniers Jours de Lat Dior, which concerns a griot's praise for Lat-Dior.[2] In politics, Dia served as the second President of the National Assembly from 1968 to 1983,[3] and as Minister of the Interior. He was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the year Willy Brandt won.[4]

He died in Dakar on 1 November 2002 at the age of 87.

Plays

  • La mort du Damel
  • Les derniers jours de Lat Dior

References

  1. ↑ Janheinz Jahn; Ulla Schild; Almut Nordmann Seiler (1972). Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4.
  2. ↑ African literature in French: a history of creative writing in French from ... by Dorothy S. Blair, pg 103
  3. ↑ "Assemblée nationale - Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement Sénégalais". May 12, 2019. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Palm Beach Post - Oct 21, 1971


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