Memorial Page for Bernard Binlin Dadié

Jan 10, 1916 – Mar 9, 2019(103 years)Died in:Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Ivorian writer and politician

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March 9th, 2026

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Biography

Birthplace

Assinie-Mafia, Adiaké Department

Place of Death

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Nationality

Ivory Coast

Occupation(6)

poet writer politician screenwriter playwrightminister

Awards(6)

Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noireGrand Officer of the Order of Leopold IIGrand Officer of the National Order of the Ivory CoastGrand Officer of the National Order of MeritKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class

Education(1)

École normale supérieure William Ponty

Bernard Binlin Dadié (* January 10, 1916 in Assinie-Mafia; † March 9, 2019 in Abidjan) was an ivorian writer and politician. He was 103 years old. He studied at École normale supérieure William Ponty. He received 6 awards, including Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire, Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II.

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Born in Assinie-Mafia, Adiaké Department

1916

Institut français d'Afrique noire

1936

until 1947

Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire

1965

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2016

Died in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

2019

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Gabriel Dadié
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Bernard Binlin Dadié. Forever remembered.