Camara Laye
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 44 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1928 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Kouroussa |
Guinea | |
Date of died | February 4,1980 |
Died | Dakar |
Senegal | |
Nationality | Guinean |
Spouse | Marie Lorifo |
Job | Poet |
Civil servant | |
Novelist | |
Books | L'Enfant noir |
The Guardian of the Word | |
A Dream of Africa | |
The Radiance of the King | |
Notabl award | Prix Charles Veillon |
Parents | Camara Komady |
Dâman Sadan | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 623013 |
Camara Laye Life story
Camara Laye was a writer from Guinea. He was the author of The African Child, a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and The Radiance of the King. Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature.