Mame Seck Mbacké | |
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Born | 1947 Gossas, Senegal |
Died | December 24, 2018 | (aged 70–71)
Nationality | Senegalese |
Alma mater | Institute of Higher International Studies Sorbonne |
Occupation | Writer |
Mame Seck Mbacké (October 1947 – December 24, 2018) was a Senegalese writer. She wrote in French and in Wolof. [1] [2]
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]
In 1999, she received the Premier Prix de Poésie from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Senegal. [1]