Saint-John Perse
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 50 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 31,1887 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Pointe-a-Pitre |
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| Date of died | September 20,1975 |
| Died | Hyeres |
| France | |
| Record labels | EPM |
| Albums | Poetes & chansons - saint-john perse |
| Job | Poet |
| Diplomat | |
| Education | University of Bordeaux |
| Full name | Alexis Leger |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Books | Anabase |
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| Parents | Édouard Pierre Amédée Leger |
| Marie Pauline Françoise Renée Dormoy | |
| Alma mater | University of Bordeaux |
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| ID | 1728335 |
Saint-John Perse Life story
Alexis Leger, better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse, was a French poet-diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize in 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.
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