Convergence of $\sum_{n\geq 1} \frac{e^{i n x}}{n}$

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I'm tring to show in an excersice the convergence of

$$ \sum_{n\geq 1} \frac{e^{i n x}}{n}, \;-\pi<x<\pi. $$

Indeed we could wirte

$$ \sum_{n\geq 1} \frac{e^{i n x}}{n} = -\log(1-e^{ix}), $$

but I think this is not effective in showing its convergence, since one can take $x=0$.

The hint of the excersice (in fact, the excersice 8 in Chapter 2 of Stein's Fourerier Analysis) suggests to use Dirichlet's test. In this way, it's easy to see that $\frac{1}{n^\alpha}$ goes to $0$ monotonically for some $\alpha > 0$, but I find it difficult to show the boundedness of a summation of $e^{i n x}$.