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Cheikh Tidiane Gaye (born 1971 in Thiès, Senegal) Senegalese-Italian writer, essayist, poet and peace activist.[1]
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| Born | 1971 Thiès, Senegal |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, writer, |
| Nationality | Senegalese, Italian |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Notable awards | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, chevalier |
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Biography
editHe lives in Italy in the province of Monza and Brianza in Arcore and is also the literary founder of poetry and fiction of the City of Arcore.[2] Participates in numerous meetings and cultural activities regarding African literature[3] and immigration literature. He distinguished himself in numerous fields, leaving contributions as a poet, novelist.[4] A well-known figure in Italian-language migrant literature, he has published several books of short stories and some of his poetic works are bilingual.
He is known as a follower of the singers of African orality and is the first African to translate the great poet of Negritude and the first president of the Republic of Senegal into Italian: Léopold Sédar Senghor.[5] In the 2011 municipal elections in Milan, he was a candidate in support of the center left in the Milan Civica X Pisapia Sindaco Civic List.
In 2018 he founded the publishing house Kanaga Edizioni.[6] In 2023 he was elected President of the Léopold Sédar Senghor International Academy.[7] He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[8]He is also President of the International Prize Léopold Sédar Senghor who started the 2015 edition.[9] He received the appointment of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.[10]
International membership
edit- Member of the Academy of Science and Arts of Europe, Salsburg, Austria, 2024.[11]
- Appointment of Wiki Academician Wikipoesia Academy – Encyclopedia of Italian poetry – April 2024.[12]
- Knight of Academic Merit awarded by the Academy of Arts and Philosophical Sciences, Bari, 2023.[13]
- Member of the Academy of Science, Arts and Literature of Europe, Paris, France, 2023.
- Honorary member of Academy Internacional "Mihai Eminescu", Romania, 2023.[14]
- Associate Member of the Academia Hispanoamericano de Buenas Letras – October 2023.[15]
- Honorary member of Academy of Arts and Philosofical Science, Bari, Italy,2022.[16]
- Full member of the Tomitana Romania Academy – 2022.[17]
- Nomination in academic capacity and honorary member of Asociaţiei Oamenilor de Ştiinţă, Cultură şi Artă Moldavia 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Il Giuramento, Novel – Liberodiscrivere, Genoa, 2001.
- Mery,principlesa albina, with the preface by Alioune Badara Bèye, Novel – Edizioni dell’Arco, Milan, 2005.
- Il Canto del Djali, Poetry – Edizioni dell'Arco, Milan, 2007.
- Ode nascente/Ode nascente, Poetry- publication bilingual Italian-French, Edizioni dell'Arco, 2009.
- Curve alfabetiche, Poetry – Montedit Edizioni, 2011.
- L’étreinte des rimes/ Rime abbracciate, with the preface by Tanella Boni, poetry, Co-publication bilingual Italian-French, Éditions L'Harmattan Paris – France, 2012.
- Prendi quello che vuoi, ma lasciami la mia pelle nera, Novel- Preface by the Mayor of Milan Giuliano Pisapia, Editions Jaca Book Milan, 2013.
- Léopold Sédar Senghor: il cantore della negritudine, Poetry, Translation, Edizioni dell'Arco, 2014.
- Ma terre mon sang, Poetry, Ruba Editions, Senegal, 2018
- Il sangue delle parole, Poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2018
- Ombra, poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2022
- Voglia Di Meticciato – Il Dialogo Tra Le Culture Ed Etica, Essay, Kanaga Edizioni, 2022[18]
- Les Litanies du cœur, Poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2023
References
edit- ^ "Per l'educazione e la promozione per la Pace piantiamo un ulivo". peacelink.it.
- ^ Il Premio, premioletterarioarcore.it
- ^ consultabile anche online
- ^ https://annali.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AdI_bookshelf-2022-final-10.16.pdf
- ^ "Cheikh Tidiane Gaye". words4link.it.
- ^ www.kanagaedizioni.com
- ^ "Governance". Accademia Internazionale Leopold Sedar Senghor – APS.
- ^ https://www.seneweb.com/news/Culture/le-senegalais-cheikh-tidiane-gaye-nomme-_n_434365.html
- ^ "Il Premio". 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Gaye, il Cavaliere delle Arti e delle Lettere: gli onori della Francia al poeta della Negritudine". www.ilgiorno.it.
- ^ https://members.euro-acad.eu/
- ^ "Accademia di WikiPoesia".
- ^ "Cavaliere al merito Accademico". Accademia delle Arti e delle Scienze Filosofiche.
- ^ "Arcore, Gaye entra a far parte dell'Accademia Mihai Eminescu in Romania". ilcittadinomb.it. 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Autoridades y Miembros". hispanoamericanadebuenasletras.org.
- ^ "Bio". Accademia delle Arti e delle Scienze Filosofiche.
- ^ "Chi è" [Who is] (in Italian). Cheikh Tidiane Gaye.
- ^ "In Praise of Métissage— Cheikh Tidiane Gaye". The Antonym Mag. 29 August 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheikh Tidiane Gaye (writer).
- Personal homepage of Cheikh Tidiane Gaye
- - Appointed Knight of Arts and Letters of the French Republic - Le poète et écrivain Cheikh Tidiane Gaye reçoit la médaille de l’Ordre des Chevaliers des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française
- A poet of the negritude By Patrizia Poli
- In Praise of Métissage: Text extracted from the work Voglia di meticciato and translated by Marie Orton
- Journal of Migrant Literature in Italy El-Ghibli Supllemento Cheik Tidiane Gaye
- Cheikh Tidiane Gaye: Mery principessa albina by Loredana De Vita
- Radio Radicale, " Eccellenze Afrodiscendenti" - Interview with Cheikh Tidiane Gaye, poeta e editore di origine senegalese
- - Scientific magazine University of Milan - "Italian LinguaDue" Razza e meticciato nella letteratura africana di espressione italiana”
- "Arcore, il consigliere comunale Gaye premiato a Foggia per la pace": Winner of the Peace Prize Narges Mohammadi in Foggia, Prima Monza newspaper
- Honorary Academy - Knight for academic merit - Ambassador for peace of the Academy of Philosophical Arts and Sciences of Bari