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Saint-John Perse (French: [pɛʁs]; also Saint-Leger Leger, pronounced [ləʒe]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint-John Perse has received more than 136,137 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Saint-John Perse is the 492nd most popular writer (down from 448th in 2019), the most popular biography from Guadeloupe and the most popular Guadeloupian Writer.
Saint-John Perse is most famous for his poem Anabase.
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Among writers, Saint-John Perse ranks 492 out of 5,794. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, Boris Vian, Mary Higgins Clark, Erich Kästner, Jean Paul, and Washington Irving. After him are Robert A. Heinlein, Jules Michelet, Ludvig Holberg, George Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, and D. H. Lawrence.
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HPI: 74.54
Among people born in 1887, Saint-John Perse ranks 21. Before him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Jozef Tiso, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Nikolai Vavilov, Juan Gris, and Chūichi Nagumo. After him are Henry Moseley, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Felix Yusupov, Georg Trakl, and Ruth Benedict. Among people deceased in 1975, Saint-John Perse ranks 17. Before him are Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Mikhail Bakhtin, Arnold J. Toynbee, Josephine Baker, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Jimmy Hoffa. After him are George Paget Thomson, Josemaría Escrivá, Nikolai Bulganin, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Graham Hill, and Antonín Novotný.
Others Born in 1887
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Jozef Tiso
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Nikolai Vavilov
Chūichi Nagumo
Henry Moseley
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Felix Yusupov
Georg Trakl
Others Deceased in 1975
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Arnold J. Toynbee
George Paget Thomson
Josemaría Escrivá
Nikolai Bulganin
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Antonín Novotný
In Guadeloupe
Among people born in Guadeloupe, Saint-John Perse ranks 1 out of 27. After him are Lilian Thuram (1972), Maryse Condé (1937), Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745), Marius Trésor (1950), Jacques François Dugommier (1738), Jocelyn Angloma (1965), Marie-José Pérec (1968), Thomas Lemar (1995), Teddy Riner (1989), Christine Arron (1973), and Didier Dinart (1977).
Others born in Guadeloupe
Maryse Condé
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Marius Trésor
Jacques François Dugommier
Jocelyn Angloma
Marie-José Pérec
Teddy Riner
Christine Arron
Didier Dinart
Among WRITERS In Guadeloupe
Among writers born in Guadeloupe, Saint-John Perse ranks 1. After him are Maryse Condé (1937).
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