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Which university did Saint-John Perse attend?

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Sorbonne University is the alma mater of Saint-John Perse, a prominent French poet and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960. Perse, whose real name was Alexis Saint-Léger Léger, studied law and literature at Sorbonne, graduating in 1904. During his time at the university, he became acquainted with other notable literary figures, including Paul Claudel and André Gide.
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