Léopold Sédar Senghor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léopold Sédar Senghor

first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906-2001)

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1906

Place of Birth: Joal-Fadiouth, Thiès Region, Senegal

Date of Death: 20-Dec-2001

Profession: writer, poet, politician, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France, Senegal

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Léopold Sédar Senghor (; French: [s?~g??]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80).
Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude.
Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party. Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française.
He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century.