The poet and the diplomat
Subtitle: the correspondence of Dag Hammarskjöld and Alexis Leger
By: edited by Marie-Noëlle Little ; translated by Marie-Noëlle Little and William C. Parker ; with a foreword by Brian Urquhart.
Contributors: Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961.; Little, Marie-Noëlle.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975 -- Correspondence.; Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961 -- Correspondence.; Poets, French -- 20th century -- Correspondence.; Statesmen -- Sweden -- Correspondence.
Genres: Correspondence.
Description: "Alexis Leger - later known as the poet Saint-John Perse - and Dag Hammarskjold were important figures in diplomatic and literary spheres, and their lives shared a number of uncanny parallels that eventually brought them into contact with one another.

Alexis Leger, French secretary-general of foreign affairs, perhaps saw in Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold the continuation of his diplomatic career, while Hammarskjold, in the midst of difficult international crises, found inspiration and strength in reading and translating Perse's poem Chronique.".

"Marie-Noelle Little's expansive prologue to this book sets the stage for situating the two world-renowned personalities in their exchange of letters during the six years before Hammarskjold's death. The letters themselves are characterized by world vision, a noble tone, and delicate sentiments, and afford English-speaking audiences rare access to the revealing correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.