# Camara Laye

> Camara Laye was a writer from Guinea. His most well-known works are The African Child, a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and The Radiance of the King. Both novels are among the earliest major works in Francophone African literature. Camara Laye later worked for the government of newly independent Guinea, but went into voluntary exile over political issues.

*Guinean writer (1928–1980)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1928-01-01
- **Died:** 1980-02-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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