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Also Known As	Marie-René-Auguste-Aléxis Saint-Léger
Born	May 31, 1887 • Guadeloupe
Died	September 20, 1975 (aged 88) • France
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1960)
Notable Works	“Éloges, and Other Poems”

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