Date of Birth | 31-May-1887 | |
Place of Birth |
Pointe-Ã -Pitre (Guadeloupe) |
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Nationality | France | |
Also know as | Alexis Leger, Saint-Leger Leger, SaintÂJohn Perse | |
Profession | Diplomat, Poet | |
Saint-John Perse was a French poet-diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the United States until 1967. |
Awards by Saint-John Perse |
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