Léon-Gontran Damas
Léon-Gontran Damas (born March 28, 1912 in Cayenne , French Guiana , † January 22, 1978 in Washington, DC ) was a French writer.
Live and act
Damas lived in Paris from 1929 and became a Member of Parliament for French Guiana after the Second World War . In 1970 Damas accepted a position in the USA. Together with Aimé Césaire and Léopold Senghor, he co-founded the Négritude .
Damas' main themes were colonial exploitation and the misery of the Caribbean, as well as the depressing life in Europe, which he perceived as exile.
Works (selection)
- Poetry
- Pigments . Guy Lévis Mano, Paris 1937.
- Graffiti . Pierre Seghers, Paris 1952.
- Black label . Paris 1956.
- Stories, essays, anthologies
- Retour de Guyane . 1938.
- Veillées noires . 1943.
Web links
- Literature by and about Damas in the catalog of the Frankfurt University Library
- Literature by and about Léon-Gontran Damas in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keyword Léon Gontran Damas: Black Label . In: Walter Jens (Ed.): Kindlers new literature lexicon , Vol. 4 . Munich 1996, p. 396 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damas, Léon-Gontran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cayenne |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1978 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |