The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960
Awarded on: 1960-10-26
"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
Born: 1887-05-31 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
Gender: male
Field: French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
Biography
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"