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The Poet and the Diplomat: The Correspondence of Dag Hammarskjold and Alexis Leger (Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Hardcover
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.
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.
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MARIE-NOELLE LITTLE is professor of French and coordinator of foreign languages at Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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- PublisherSyracuse Univ Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0815629257
- ISBN 13 9780815629252
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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