L.-G. Damas. Autograph on his poetry book “Pigments”, 1962, in French
L.-G. Damas Autograph on his poetry book “Pigments”, 1962, in French
Autograph of L.-G. Damas on frontispiece of his poetry book “Pigments” Dedicated to David Libon
Presence Africaine, Paris 1962 – 80pp (incl. index) 19.3 x 14.4 cm. Soft cover
Cover slightly worn, slightly discolored, rubbed to edges
Tear to hinge of spine below ca.3 cm. Yellow paper. Several light finger prints
Léon-Gontran Damas (March 28, 1912 – January 22, 1978) was a French poet and politician.
He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement. He also used the pseudonym Lionel
Georges André Cabassou Léon Damas was born in Cayenne, French
Guiana, to Ernest Damas, a mulatto of European and
African descent, and Bathilde Damas, a Métisse of native American
and African ancestry. In 1924, Damas was sent to Martinique to attend the
Lycée Victor Schoelcher (a secondary school), where he would meet his lifelong
friend and collaborator Aimé Césaire. In 1929, Damas
moved to Paris to continue his
studies. There, he reunited with Césaire and was introduced to Leopold
Senghor. In 1935, the three young men published the first issue of the literary
review L’Étudiant Noir (The Black Student),
which provided the foundation for what is now known as the Négritude Movement, a
literary and ideological movement of French-speaking black intellectuals that
rejects the political, social and moral domination of the West. In 1937,
Damas published his first volume of poetry, Pigments. He enlisted in the
French Army during World
War II, and later was elected to the French National Assembly (1948–51) as a deputy from
Guiana. In the following years, Damas traveled and lectured widely in Africa,
the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. He also served as the
contributing editor of Présence Africaine, one of the most respected
journals of Black studies, and as senior adviser and UNESCO delegate for the Society of African Culture. In 1970,
Damas moved to Washington DC, where he taught
at Georgetown University and later became a professor
at Howard University, where he wrote
his last collection of poems, Mine de Rien. Damas remained at Howard
University until his death in January 1978. He was buried in French Guiana.
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L.-G. Damas Autograph on his poetry book “Pigments”, 1962, in French
Autograph of L.-G. Damas on frontispiece of his poetry book “Pigments” Dedicated to David Libon
Presence Africaine, Paris 1962 – 80pp (incl. index) 19.3 x 14.4 cm. Soft cover
Cover slightly worn, slightly discolored, rubbed to edges
Tear to hinge of spine below ca.3 cm. Yellow paper. Several light finger prints
Léon-Gontran Damas (March 28, 1912 – January 22, 1978) was a French poet and politician.
He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement. He also used the pseudonym Lionel
Georges André Cabassou Léon Damas was born in Cayenne, French
Guiana, to Ernest Damas, a mulatto of European and
African descent, and Bathilde Damas, a Métisse of native American
and African ancestry. In 1924, Damas was sent to Martinique to attend the
Lycée Victor Schoelcher (a secondary school), where he would meet his lifelong
friend and collaborator Aimé Césaire. In 1929, Damas
moved to Paris to continue his
studies. There, he reunited with Césaire and was introduced to Leopold
Senghor. In 1935, the three young men published the first issue of the literary
review L’Étudiant Noir (The Black Student),
which provided the foundation for what is now known as the Négritude Movement, a
literary and ideological movement of French-speaking black intellectuals that
rejects the political, social and moral domination of the West. In 1937,
Damas published his first volume of poetry, Pigments. He enlisted in the
French Army during World
War II, and later was elected to the French National Assembly (1948–51) as a deputy from
Guiana. In the following years, Damas traveled and lectured widely in Africa,
the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. He also served as the
contributing editor of Présence Africaine, one of the most respected
journals of Black studies, and as senior adviser and UNESCO delegate for the Society of African Culture. In 1970,
Damas moved to Washington DC, where he taught
at Georgetown University and later became a professor
at Howard University, where he wrote
his last collection of poems, Mine de Rien. Damas remained at Howard
University until his death in January 1978. He was buried in French Guiana.
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