Saint-John Perse

Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Leger) (May 31, 1887 – September 20, 1975) 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."

External links

• About Saint-John Perse
• Saint-John Perse, le poète aux masques, site (in French) devoted to the author
• the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time.