Аукцион Bidspirit | GENET JEAN: (1910-1986)

GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) - GENET JEAN: (1910-1986) French Novelist, Playwright, and political Activist. An unusual manuscript sentence in the hand of Genet, being the beginning of a letter he intended to address, but which was never finished nor sent, one page, lined paper, folio, n.p., 5 th October, n.y., to Edmonde, in French. Genet stats in full ` Le 5 Octobre – Chère Edmonde, Dîner en tête à tête avec vous mais ce sera une joie´ (Translation: “ October 5 th – Dear Edmonde, dinner for two, face to face you and me, but it will be a joy”). Together with an A.L.S., ` Laurent Boyer´, two pages, folio, Paris, 18 th January 1997, on the Editions Gallimard printed stationery, to Edmonde Charles-Roux, in French. Boyer states in part ` Chère Madame, A la retraite depuis deux mois, mais ayant fort à faire pour classer et archiver les dossiers accumulés au cours de 38 ans de travail chez Gallimard, j´ai mis en ordre les papiers que Jean Genet venait deposer dans mon bureau quand il venait à Paris. Ces quelques mots de sa main sur une page de son bloc, étaient peut-être le debut d´une lettre qui vous était destinée? Peut-être vous évoquent-ils un souvenir? A tout hasard je vous transmets ce message d´outre-tombe, puisque Genet m´avait désigné comme son exécuteur testamentaire chargé de la gestion de son oeuvre…´ (Translation: “ Dear Madam, Retired as I am since two months ago, but having a lot to do classifying and archiving the files accumulated during 38 years of work at Gallimard, I put in order the papers that Jean Genet came to leave in my office when he was coming to Paris. These few words in his handwriting on a page in his pad, were perhaps the beginning of a letter intended for you? Maybe they evoke a memory for you? By any chance I am sending you this message from beyond the grave, since Genet had designated me as his executor responsible for the management of his work…”) Also including a copy of the typed letter, unsigned, sent by Edmonde Charles-Roux to Laurent Boyer, responding to his letter, and stating in part ` Cher Laurent Boyer, Le début d´une lettre jamais achevée et qu´avait l´intention de m´adresser Jean Genet m´a infiniment touché et je vous remercie très sincèrement de me l´avoir envoyée´ (Translation: “ Dear Laurent Boyer, the beginning of a letter never finished and which Jean Genet intended to send to me has deeply touched me and I thank you very sincerely for having sent it to me”) Accompanied by an 8 x 8 photograph of Genet, unsigned, showing the French artist seated in a head and shoulders pose in his late years. VG, 4 Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920-2016) French Writer