Macedonian writer, philosopher and academic | Central European University, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje | Skopje: October 9, 1970 - Moscow
Léopold Sédar Senghor (Leopold Sedar Senghor)
- Joal-Fadiouth: October 9, 1906 celebration
- Verson: December 20, 2001 celebration



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celebration Date of birth
Joal-Fadiouth: October 9, 1906 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Verson: December 20, 2001 -
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- poetry
- politics
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school Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Faculty of Arts of Paris
- École Normale Supérieure
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- honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1966)
- honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University (1980)
- Prix Guillaume Apollinaire (1974)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1973)
- honorary doctorate of Salzburg University
- Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1978)
- Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (1962)
- honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (1964)
- honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II (1982)
- Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1982)
- Roger Nimier Prix
- anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire
- Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire (1996)
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (1968)
- honorary doctorate from ENS (1992)
- honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
- doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1961)
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize (1983)
- honorary doctor of the University of Padua
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1978)
- honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1966)
- Distinguished Africanist Award (1994)
- Golden Wreath (1975)
- International Nonino Prize (1985)
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1961)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
- Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1975)
- Prince Pierre Award (1977)
- doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy (1979)
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- Éthiopiques
- Hosties noires
- Oeuvre poétique
- first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001) | honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1966), honorary doctor of Paris