The hainteny literature was translated into this language by an author who wrote the bilingual collection Dream Imagesand poisoned himself with cyanide when his plans to study abroad fell through.
The hainteny literature was translated into this language by an author who wrote the bilingual collection Dream Imagesand poisoned himself with cyanide when his plans to study abroad fell through. Another writer in this language explaineda gap in his literary career by quipping that his "pen was broken," and repeated "those who are dead are never gone," and"listen to things / more oftften than beings," in his oft-anthologized poem "Breaths." The speaker of another poem writtenin this language promises a woman, "I will pronounce your name... I will declaim you." One author who used this languagewrote "at Âfirst I was bewildered by your beauty, those huge, long-legged, golden girls" in his poem addressed to New York,and described "oil that no breath ruffles, calm oil on the athlete's flflanks" in a poem likening his country to a "naked woman...clothed with your color which is life." The collection Nocturnes and the poem "Black Woman" were written in this language,which was also used for the introductory essay "Black Orpheus." For 10 points, name this language preferred by LeopoldSenghor and other members of Negritude.
The hainteny literature was translated into this language by an author who wrote the bilingual collection Dream Imagesand poisoned himself with cyanide when his plans to study abroad fell through.
French [or Francais]