Saint-John Perse
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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"
Perse in 1960
Alexis Léger as a child in Guadeloupe, 1896 with his mother and his sisters.
St. Leger in an undated photo.
Saint-John Perse attends the negotiations for the Munich Agreement on 29 September 1938. He stands behind Mussolini, right. In the foreground are Neville Chamberlain, Édouard Daladier, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Count Galeazzo Ciano To St. Léger's left are Joachim von Ribbentrop and Ernst von Weizsäcker
Pointe-à-Pitre
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Pointe-à-Pitre is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.
A view of Pointe-à-Pitre, from the seaport
Former town hall of Pointe-à-Pitre
St Peter and Paul cathedral
Saint-John Perse Museum.