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Mariama Bâ

1929 - 1981

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Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. 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 woman who must share the mourning for her late husband with his second, younger wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariama Bâ is the 2,534th most popular writer (up from 2,840th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 12th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mariama Bâ ranks 2,534 out of 7,302. Before her are Daqiqi, Sibilla Aleramo, Esther Vilar, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Cyprian Norwid, and Lars Saabye Christensen. After her are Kjeld Abell, Đura Jakšić, Michel Zevaco, Song Yingxing, Donald Adamson, and Gustave Aimard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Mariama Bâ ranks 186. Before her are Nargis, Zeca Afonso, Fred Sinowatz, Claude Rich, Bernard Williams, and John C. Bogle. After her are Sixten Jernberg, Elizabeth Roemer, Anne Meara, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Leila Abashidze, and Elio Petri. Among people deceased in 1981, Mariama Bâ ranks 91. Before her are Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Norman Taurog, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Nargis, and Mohammad Beheshti. After her are Edith Head, Helmut Gröttrup, Eraldo Monzeglio, Walter Heitler, Glauber Rocha, and Paul Anspach.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 11 out of 138. Before her are Patrick Vieira (1976), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Ali Dia (1965), Macky Sall (1961), and Cheikh Anta Diop (1923). After her are Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Sadio Mané (1992), Lamine Diack (1933), Patrice Evra (1981), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), and Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Senegal

Among writers born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 2. Before her are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906). After her are Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Birago Diop (1908), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Khady Sylla (1963), Fatou Diome (1968), and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (1990).

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