Leon Damas
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 47 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 28,1912 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Cayenne |
| French Guiana | |
| Date of died | January 22,1978 |
| Died | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Marietta Campos Damas |
| Martinican Isabelle Victoire Vecilia Achille | |
| Nationality | French |
| Job | Politician |
| Poet | |
| Education | Inalco |
| School Schoelcher | |
| University of Paris | |
| Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes | |
| Institut d'ethnologie | |
| Books | Pigments |
| Black-Label: poèmes | |
| Parents | Ernest Damas |
| Bathilde Damas | |
| Awards | Prix littéraire des Caraïbes |
| Albums | Poesie de la Negritude: Léon Damas Reads Selected Poems from Pigments, Graffiti, Black Label, and Nevralgies |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1587973 |
Leon Damas Life story
Léon-Gontran Damas was a French poet and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement. He also used the pseudonym Lionel Georges André Cabassou.