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Saint-John Perse Pléiade Edition Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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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.
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.
Current folder structure reflects the collection's original organization in three-ring binders at the time of purchase.
Purchase, 2012 .
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Folder inventory prepared by Feng Zhu '2014 in 2012.
No materials were separated during 2012 processing.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2012
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderTyped copy, signed21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
6 pages (3 leaves), env.
Physical Description1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderALS20x25cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
2 pages (1 leaf), env
Physical Description1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderAL21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1p, env.
Physical Description1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
2p (1 leaf), env. ms.
Physical Description1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderAMs (copy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderAMs (copy)21x27cm
2p (1 leaf), env.
Physical Description1 folderALS21.6x27.7cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderAMs (copy)21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTelegraph
1 folderTelegraph
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTL with manuscript corrections21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderTL with manuscript corrections21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folder
1 folderTLS15.2x17.5cm
1 folder21x21cm
1 folder5p. typewritten, 3p. manuscript copy.20x26cm
1 folderPrinted with manuscript corrections20x26cm
1 folderTMs20x26cm
1 folderTMs20x26cm
1 folderTMs with manuscript corrections, 4 pages photocopied20x26cm
22p (12 leaves), 1 superscription
Physical Description1 folderReprint15.2x17.5cm
1 folderAMs15.2x17.5cm
1 folderAMs20x26cm
1 folderTLS20x26cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderReprint16x18cm
3 folders, 11 sub-folders
Physical Description1 folder22x28cm
1 folderALS original and photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS original and photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTMs original and photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderD21x27cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderAL photocopy21x30cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTLS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 1)21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderAMs photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderAMs photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTLS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderAMs21x30cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x30cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy10x15cm
1 folderAMs photocopy21x27cm
1 folderTL photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderTLS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderTMs photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 4)21x27cm
1 folderAL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderTLS photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
Regarding "Lettres de Jeunesse"
Physical Description1 folderTL photocopy (original in Box 1 Folder 2)21x27cm
1 folderAL21x27cm
1 folderAMs21x27cm
1 folderccTL21x27cm
1 folderALS photocopy21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folder
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folder21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderACS15x10cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS15x10cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS15x10cm
1 folderALS15x10cm
1 folderAL (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderA:S21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderTLS21x27cm
1 folderAL21x27cm
1 folderALS15.2x17.5cm
1 folderPrinted manuscript21x27cm
1 folderPrinted manuscript21x27cm
1 folderPrinted manuscript (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folderACS15x10cm
1 folderTLS15x10cm
1 folderALS (photocopy)21x27cm
1 folder