About Youssouf Gueye
Lived 1923 – 1988 (aged 64–65). Youssouf Gueye was a writer and poet.
Tène Youssouf Gueye (1928 in Kaédi – 1988) was a Mauritanian French language poet and historian.
He was President of the Mauritanian Writers Association and became an important civil servant after the independence of his country. He was in prison because of his critical opinions against the Mauritanian government; he died there in 1988.
Works Les exilés du Goumel, play, 1968 A l'orée du Sahel, stories, 1975 Sahéliennes, poems, 1975 Rella, 1985
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Who was Youssouf Gueye?
Mauritanian writer
When was Youssouf Gueye born?
Youssouf Gueye was born in 1923 in Kaédi.
When did Youssouf Gueye die?
Youssouf Gueye died on 7 September 1988.
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Youssouf Gueye was a writer and poet.
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Youssouf Gueye's recorded nationality: Mauritania.
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