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Mame Seck Mbacké

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Mame Seck Mbacké
Born1947 (1947)
Gossas, Senegal
DiedDecember 24, 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 70–71)
NationalitySenegalese
Alma materInstitute of Higher International Studies
Sorbonne
OccupationWriter

Mame Seck Mbacké (October 1947 – December 24, 2018) was a Senegalese writer. She wrote in French and in Wolof.[1][2]

Biography

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She was born in Gossas. Mbacké studied Social and Economic Development at the Institute of Higher International Studies in Paris. She worked as a diplomat in France and Morocco, then as a social worker at the Senegalese consulate in Paris. In Paris, she completed an International Relations degree at the Sorbonne and post-graduate studies in public health and nutrition at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. She later worked for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Dakar.[1][3]

Her short story "Mame Touba" was included in the anthology Anthologie de la Nouvelle Sénégalaise (1970–1977).[1]

Mbacké established the publishing house Éditions Sembene in 2006.[2]

Awards

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In 1999, she received the Premier Prix de Poésie from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Senegal.[1]

Selected works

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Source:[1]

  • Le chant des Séanes, poetry (1987)
  • Poèmes en Etincelles, poetry (1999)
  • Pluie – Poésie Les Pieds Sur La Mer, poetry (2000)
  • Le Froid et le Piment, novel (2000)
  • Qui est ma Femme?, play (2000)
  • Les Alizés de la Souffrance: Poèmes, poetry (2001)
  • Lions de la Teranga: L’Envol Sacré, poetry (2006)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Interviews". Alumni and friends. University of Warwick.
  2. ^ a b "Décès de l'écrivaine Mme Mame Seck MBACKE" (in French). Ministre de la Culture du Sénégal. December 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mame Seck Mbacké". Francophone African Women Writers. University of Western Australia.