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Alexis Leger (pronounced; 31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975), better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse (French: [sɛ̃ d͜ʒɔn pɛʁs]; also Saint-Leger Leger), 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 ...
May 27, 2024 · Saint-John Perse (born May 31, 1887, Saint-Léger-les-Feuilles, Guadeloupe—died Sept. 20, 1975, Presqu’île-de-Giens, France) was a French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 “for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry.”
S aint-John Perse, born in 1887, pseudonym for Alexis Saint-Léger Léger, came from an old Bourguignon family which settled in the French Antilles in the seventeenth century and returned to France at the end of the nineteenth century.
Alexis Leger, dit Saint-John Perse, né le 31 mai 1887 à Pointe-à-Pitre en Guadeloupe et mort le 20 septembre 1975 à Hyères dans le Var, est un poète, écrivain et diplomate français, lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature en 1960 .
Saint-John Perse. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960. Born: 31 May 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Island. Died: 20 September 1975, Presqu'île-de-Giens, France. Residence at the time of the award: France.
1960 Nobel Laureate in Literature. for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time. Saint-John Perse, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
Poems by Saint-John Perse. Saint-John Perse is the pseudonym for Marie-René-Auguste-Aléxis Saint-Léger. Perse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960.
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