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Cheikh Tidiane Gaye was born in Thiès, Senegal in 1971. He is a senegalese naturalized italian writer, essayist, poet and peace activist.[1]

Biography

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]

International Membership

  • Member of the Academy of Science and Arts of Europe, Salsburg, Austria, 2024.[10]
  • Appointment of Wiki Academician Wikipoesia Academy - Encyclopedia of Italian poetry – April 2024.[11]
  • Knight of Academic Merit awarded by the Academy of Arts and Philosophical Sciences, Bari, 2023.[12]
  • Member of the Academy of Science, Arts and Literature of Europe, Paris, France, 2023.
  • Honorary member of Academy Internacional "Mihai Eminescu", Romania, 2023.[13]
  • Associate Member of the Academia Hispanoamericano de Buenas Letras – October 2023.[14]
  • Honorary member of Academy of Arts and Philosofical Science, Bari, Italy,2022.[15]
  • Full member of the Tomitana Romania Academy – 2022.[16]
  • Nomination in academic capacity and honorary member of Asociaţiei Oamenilor de Ştiinţă, Cultură şi Artă Moldavia 2019.

Bibliography

  • Il Giuramento, Novel - Liberodiscrivere, Genoa, 2001.
  • Mery,principlesa albina, with the preface by Alioune Badara Bèye, Novel - Edizioni dell’Arco, Milan, 2005.
  • Il Canto del Djali, Poetry - Edizioni dell'Arco, Milan, 2007.
  • Ode nascente/Ode nascente, Poetry- publication bilingual Italian-French, Edizioni dell'Arco, 2009.
  • Curve alfabetiche, Poetry - Montedit Edizioni, 2011.
  • L’étreinte des rimes/ Rime abbracciate, with the preface by Tanella Boni, Poetry, Co-publication bilingual Italian-French, Éditions L'Harmattan Paris - France, 2012.
  • Prendi quello che vuoi, ma lasciami la mia pelle nera, Novel- Preface by the Mayor of Milan Giuliano Pisapia, Editions Jaca Book Milan, 2013.
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor: il cantore della negritudine, Poetry, Translation, Edizioni dell'Arco, 2014.
  • Ma terre mon sang, Poetry, Ruba Editions, Senegal, 2018
  • Il sangue delle parole, Poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2018
  • Ombra, Poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2022
  • Voglia Di Meticciato - Il Dialogo Tra Le Culture Ed Etica, Essay, Kanaga Edizioni, 2022[17]
  • Les Litanies du cœur, Poetry, Kanaga Edizioni, 2023

References

  1. ^ https://www.peacelink.it/pace/a/49954.html
  2. ^ Il Premio, premioletterarioarcore.it
  3. ^ consultabile anche online
  4. ^ https://annali.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AdI_bookshelf-2022-final-10.16.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.words4link.it/w4l-autore/gaye-cheikh-tidiane/
  6. ^ www.kanagaedizioni.com
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ https://www.seneweb.com/news/Culture/le-senegalais-cheikh-tidiane-gaye-nomme-_n_434365.html
  9. ^ https://premiointernazionalesenghor.com/il-premio/
  10. ^ https://members.euro-acad.eu/
  11. ^ https://www.wikipoesia.it/w/index.php?title=Accademia_di_WikiPoesia&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop
  12. ^ https://www.accademia-asf.it/riconoscimenti.php?tipo=5
  13. ^ https://www.ilcittadinomb.it/news/cronaca/arcore-gaye-entra-a-far-parte-dellaccademia-mihai-eminescu-in-romania/
  14. ^ https://hispanoamericanadebuenasletras.org/autoridades-y-miembros
  15. ^ https://www.accademia-asf.it/snc_premi_speciali_bio.php?id_socio=13
  16. ^ https://www.cheikhtidianegaye.com/chi-sono/
  17. ^ https://www.theantonymmag.com/in-praise-of-metissage-cheikh-tidiane-gaye/

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