CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, being his real name Destouches...

CELINE LOUIS FERDINAND: (1894-1961) French Novelist. Known as Celine, being his real name Destouches, he was a controversial writer because of his antisemitism. A.L.S., LFC, two pages, folio, Korsor, Denmark, 1948, to M. Deshayes, in French. A very interesting letter related to Le Gala des Vaches (1948), Celine states `This Belgian initiative is stupid - Paraz publishes le Gala des Vaches, that is to say 30 of my letters - this will pay his sanatorium- Wait and see the reactionsÉ« Celine further keeps complaining and concludes saying `..Crazy people like Hitler are nevertheless rare.« Accompanied by the original envelope post-stamped. Very small overall age wear, otherwise VG £250-350 Albert Paraz (1899-1957) French Writer. Author of Le Gala des Vaches (1948) a work defending Celine, who was in exile in Denmark and accused of collaboration by the French authorities.