Saint-John Perse

Japanese: サン･ジョン･ペルス（英語表記）Saint‐John Perse

1887‐1975
French poet. His real name was Alexis Saint-Léger Léger. Born in Ille-à-Fouilles in the French Antilles as the son of a plantation owner, he studied in Bordeaux, became acquainted with Claudel and became a diplomat. After serving in China for many years, he became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but was dismissed for taking a hard-line stance against Germany during World War II and fled to the United States in 1940. He had already been highly praised for his debut work, Ode (1911), and Expedition (1924), which described his experiences in the interior of China, but he later devoted himself to public service, and after his exile he published works such as Exile (1942) and Rain (1944), which led to him being counted as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1887‐1975
フランスの詩人。本名レジェAlexis Saint‐Léger Léger。フランス領アンティル諸島のイレ･タ･フーユに農園主の子として生まれ，ボルドーで学び，クローデルの知遇を得て外交官となり，中国に長く勤務したのち本省の事務局長となったが，第2次大戦に際してドイツに対し強硬論を唱えて解任され，1940年にアメリカに亡命した。処女作《頌歌》(1911)や中国奥地の体験による《遠征》(1924)ですでに高い評価を受けていたが，その後公務に専念，亡命後に《流謫（るたく）》(1942)，《雨》(1944)などを発表して20世紀最大の詩人の一人に数えられるにいたった。

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