Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon

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Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Date1959
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (24 × 18.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.248
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Markings Verso, center right (typed, purple ink): [sideways] "POET SAINT-JOHN PERSE in Paris, October 1959 after/ receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French / Minister of Culture Andre Malraux. Perse was also / an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis / Saint-Leger Leger. (B-May 31, 1887 D-Sept. 20, 1975) / He was the awarded the Nobel Prize in Litterature / in 1960."
Verso, center right (stamp, purple ink): [sideways] "© Sergio Larrain/Magnum Distribution"
Published References Illustrated: Magnum image reference PAR98729
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "SL-F-056"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "7500-"
Verso, upper center (pencil): "FCC F 5739"
Verso, upper right corner (pencil): "Amodo"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "11/115"
Verso, lower right (pencil): "440/1825"
Verso, lower right (black ink): "59 30 6/46"
Verso, center (pencil): [square drawn with interior vertical and horizontal directional arrows, presumably noting area for cropping ot matting image] "36/36"

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