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Mariama Bâ

Senegalese writer (1929–1981)

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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Type: Person
Country: SN

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Listeners: 1
Total plays: 1

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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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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Key dates

Born: 17 April 1929
Died: 17 August 1981

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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: teacher
Educated at: École normale de Rufisque
Languages spoken: French
Religion: Islam

Article

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.