Title: The poet and the diplomat
Subtitle: the correspondence of Dag Hammarskjöld and Alexis Leger
First published: 2001
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.
Subjects: Correspondence, French Poets, Poets, French, Statesmen, Saint-john perse, 1887-1975, Hammarskjold, dag, 1905-1961, Statesmen, correspondence, Poets, correspondence
Places: Sweden
People: Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Saint-John Perse (1887-1975)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ2623.E386 Z486513 2001