Jean COCTEAU (1889 - 1963) - Lot 3

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Jean COCTEAU (1889 - 1963) - Lot 3
Jean COCTEAU (1889 - 1963) Set of 3 autograph letters signed. - Autograph letter signed "Jean", addressed to "ma dear Mary" [i.e. Mary Hoeck, translator of his works into English]. Santo Sospir, August 21 1952. One page in-8. "I have received Dali's Christ. The American press had claimed that I was saying: Dali sold Christ more expensive than Judah [...]". Cocteau later denied having made such such criticism, even that he did not know the painting the painting, and that after seeing a reproduction reproduction, he thought, "It seems to me seems to me to be a beautiful work and I prefer it to his Virgin". He then gives some news of his work work in progress, "[...] I'm dictating the last pages of my book Journal d'un inconnu'. At the same I'm also working on this poem (one hundred stanzas) to be called either 'le chiffre 7 ', or ' soirée d'adieux ', or 'death fanfare'". He concludes his letter by mentioning local news, namely the fires and "the terrible tragedy of your compatriots", namely the murder of two British tourists tourists, which became known as the Dominici affair. - Autograph letter signed "Jean", to the same address. S.l., 7 Nov[ember] (crossed out, replaced by Dec[ember]) 1952. One page in-4 (2 small tears in margins). Letter mainly devoted to the problems of translation, in which the poet mentions in particular a translation of the Beauty and the Beast, strongly asserts that it is the author's duty to choose and defend his translators and that he does so himself. "[...] The moral right of The Hague is formal. If a translation is author has the right to demand a new one. demand a new one". And he concludes by reassuring his translator about the work she does on her own poems: "As far as the poems, the day will come day will come when publishers will be happy to have your treasure. - Autograph letter signed "Jean", addressed to "Mon Jean". St Jean Cap Ferrat, August 5, 1962. One page in-4 (2 adhesive stains in margin); autograph envelope. Letter addressed to Jean Denoël (1902-1976), publisher and collaborator collaborator of Gaston Gallimard, co-founder of of literary prizes and later executor executor of the wills of Jean Cocteau and Max Jacob. "All week I had to play Queen Elisabeth's best man Elisabeth, alas indefatigable. This evening I begin my radio with Pierre Brive. And all the time I miss our mornings, our kitchen, and this loving fatigue." He then asks his correspondent to have Gallimard Gallimard a copy of of his book Cérémonial espagnol du Phénix, to a gallery in Cannes. 3 L.A.S.
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