The Poet and the Diplomat: The Correspondence of Dag Hammarskjold and Alexis Leger
Little (French, Utica College of Syracuse U.) presents a selection of letters exchanged between two Nobel prize winners: Alexis Leger, French Secretary General of Foreign Affairs—later known as the poet Saint- John Perse—and Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary General. Their correspondence has both literary and political content and sheds light on some of the era's major political events. \ Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
