Word: gers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Saint-John Perse is the pen name of Alexis Saint-Léger Léger, 73, a diplomat who wrote poetry in secret after his day's work at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, where he served for years as Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry. ''Is this true, Leger, that, as people say, you write poetry in your spare time?" asked Aristide Briand of his faithful assistant. "It is." replied the writer firmly, "an imposture...
When war came. Léger's refusal to join the Vichy regime brought him disgrace and exile to the U.S.. where Poet Archibald MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, gave him a $45-a-week job collating bibliographies in the stacks. He has lived in Washington ever since; now, with a more lucrative contract from his publisher, he can afford an annual trip to the French Riviera. He never talks European politics in public, though he knew the secrets of 15 years of French diplomacy. His comments were saved for Chronicle, his latest work, which ends: "Summit...
...Roux had found himself fascinated by the customers he got. They were an impassioned, talkative lot who came all the way from Paris to paint in the warm sunshine of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Soutine took a room at the Golden Dove, and so did Braque, Bonnard, Léger and Utrillo. There was no end to the procession of great names who ate there. The artists seemed to like Roux, for they showered him with paintings, either as gifts or for a modest prix d'ami. As the years passed, Roux's collection grew and grew...
World Wide 60 (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). An analysis of East and West Ger many after World...