Cheikh Tidiane Gaye
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Cheikh Tidiane Gaye | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) 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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Cheikh Tidiane Gaye (born 1971 in Thiès, Senegal) Senegalese-Italian writer, essayist, poet and peace activist.[1]
He 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
- 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.
