Amadou Cissé Dia

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 he served as President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 1968 to 1983 and as Minister of the Interior. He was reportedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the year Willy Brandt won.[3]

He died in Dakar in 2002.

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. ↑ The Palm Beach Post - Oct 21, 1971
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