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Léon Damas (Léon-Gentran Damas), 1912-78, French poet, b. French Guiana. With Léopold Senghor and Aimé Césaire he was one of the first adherents of négritude , a cultural movement emphasizing black consciousness. His poetry mirrors his intense personality; it is agitated and syncopated in syntax and graphic representation on the page. Anthologies of his verse include Black Label (1956) and Pigments (1960). His African Songs of Love, War, Grief, and Abuse (1961) contains brief verses sympathetically portraying Guianan village life. He also published an autobiographical work, Return to Guiana (1938).
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Léon Damas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Léon Damas (Léon-Gentran Damas), 1912-78, French poet, b. French Guiana. With Léopold Senghor and Aimé Césaire he was one of the first adherents of négritude , a cultural... |
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Léopold Sédar Senghor , 1906-2001, African statesman...he met fellow writers such as Aimé Césaire and Léon Damas , with whom he formulated the concept of négritude , which... |
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Aimé Césaire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...became concerned with the plight of blacks in what he considered a decadent Western society. With Léopold Senghor and Léon Damas he formulated the concept of négritude, which urged blacks to reject assimilation and... |
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African literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...feelings. French-speaking Africans in France, led by Léopold Senghor , were active in the négritude movement from the 1930s, along with Léon Damas and Aimé Césaire , French speakers... |
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négritude
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Adherents of négritude included Leopold Sédar Senghor , Léon Damas , and Aimé Césaire , who is said to have coined the term. Characteristic of né... |
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