 Leger was warm to classical music and knew Igor Stravinsky, Nadia Boulanger, and Les Six.While in China, Leger had written his first extended poem "Anabase", publishing it in 1924 under the pseudonym "Saint-John Perse", which he employed for the rest of his life.He then published nothing for two decades, not even a re-edition of his debut book, as he believed it inappropriate for a diplomat to publish fiction.