Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)

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Lived 1887–1975, aged 88France

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1887–1975
Aged 88

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French poet and diplomat who snagged the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature for verse that soared through visionary imagery. Alexis Leger hid behind the Saint-John Perse pseudonym while his words caught the world's attention.

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Alexis Leger, better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse, was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time".

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