Saint-John Perse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saint-John Perse

French poet

Date of Birth: 31-May-1887

Place of Birth: Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1975

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat, translator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Saint-John Perse (French: [p??s]; also Saint-Leger Leger, pronounced [l??e]; pseudonyms of Alexis Leger) (31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975) 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.