Saint-John Perse Pléiade Edition Collection, 1966-1971

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Saint-John Perse (1887-1975)

Title:

Saint-John Perse Pléiade Edition Collection

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8336h265w

Dates:

1966-1971

Size:

2 boxes, .8 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2

Language:

English

Abstract: Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger, was a major French poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Consists of working editorial files and author letters for the Pléiade edition of Leger's complete works, published by the French publisher Gallimard in 1972.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of working editorial files and author letters for the Pléiade edition of Leger's complete works, published by the French publisher Gallimard in 1972. Included are 18 autographed signed letters (45 pages), 10 typed signed letters (14 pages), 2 copies of manuscripts (12 pages), 8 typed manuscripts with minor corrections (18 pages), 2 telegrams, 2 envelopes, and 14 "tetes de dossiers" manuscripts. Œuvres complètes (Paris: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Gallimard, 1972) was the definitive edition of the poet's work. Leger designed and edited the volume, which includes a detailed chronology of his life, speeches, tributes, hundreds of letters, notes, a bibliography of the secondary literature, and extensive extracts from those parts of that literature the author liked.

Arrangement

Current folder structure reflects the collection's original organization in three-ring binders at the time of purchase.

Collection Creator Biography:

Saint-John Perse

Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger, was a major French poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. He was also an important French diplomat from 1917 to 1940. From 1940 until 1967, Leger lived in the United States.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Purchase, 2012 .
Appraisal: No materials were separated during 2012 processing.
Processing Information: Folder inventory prepared by Feng Zhu '2014 in 2012.

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