Hamidou Dia ( Saldé, 1953 – February 4, 2018) was a

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ese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher. He studied philosophy in Dakar and

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, and achieved a doctorate in French Literature at the

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. He later taught philosophy in the

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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)

References

1953 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Senegalese writers Université Laval alumni 21st-century Senegalese writers {{Senegal-writer-stub