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Mariama Bâ was a Senegalese writer, novelist, women's rights activist, and teacher. Born in Dakar in 1929, she was educated at the École normale de Rufisque. She wrote in French and practiced Islam. Her notable works include *Une si longue lettre* and *Un chant écarlate*.
Bâ received the Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. She was also nominated for the Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire. She died of cancer in Dakar in 1981.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Une si longue lettre
- Un chant écarlate
- Der scharlachrote Gesang. Roman
- Un chant écarlate
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-04-17 ) 17 April 1929, Dakar , Senegal
- Died
- 17 August 1981 (1981-08-17) (aged 52), Dakar, Senegal
- Occupation
- Author
- Language
- French
- Genre
- novel
- Notable works
- So Long a Letter ( Une si longue lettre )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ba
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Senegal
- Place of birth
- Dakar
- Place of death
- Dakar
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- École normale de Rufisque
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Mariama Bâ vers 1958 Unesco Domaine public.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1929-04-17
- date of death
- 1981-08-17
- nominated for
- Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Mariama Bâ
Sources (9)
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Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to Mariama Bâ, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Mariama Bâ Listen (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist. Her two French-language novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages each. Born in Dakar, Senegal, she was raised a Muslim.
Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, Une si longue lettre (1979; translated into English as So Long a Letter). In this semi-autobiographical epistolary work, Bâ depicts the sorrow and resignation of a widow who must share the work of mourning with her late husband's second, younger wife. The novel was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1980.
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