Camara Laye
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 45 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.