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". The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960, announced October 26, 1960. Saint-John Perse, “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, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).