Nobel laureate
Saint-John Perse — Nobel Prize in Literature 1960
“for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time”
Prize motivation
“for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time”
The Swedish Academy awarded Saint-John Perse 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.
Other laureates of the 1960s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).