Bernard Binlin Dadié
1916
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2019
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: École normale supérieure William Ponty
occupation: poet, writer, politician, screenwriter, playwright
award received: Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
Bernard Binlin Dadié (10 January 1916 – 9 March 2019) was an Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, and administrator. Among many other senior positions, starting in 1957, he held the post of Minister of Culture in the government of Côte d'Ivoire from 1977 to 1986. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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