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405 - [Jean-Paul SARTRE]. 10 letters (most of them in the sender’s…
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Estimate €400 - €500
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[Jean-Paul SARTRE]. 10 letters (most of them in the sender’s own hand) addressed to Sartre, 1951–1956. Reverend Father Pierre Boisselot (on Éditions du Cerf letterhead, regarding a lecture on *Le Diable et le bon Dieu*), Jean-Marie Caplain (a long letter concerning the publication of his first novel, *Le Conquérant*), Marcel Haedrich (regarding an essay on justice), Georges Le Sidaner (sub-prefect of Oran, on the attacks and slander directed against him following his support for Sartre), Robert Mallet (2, on the launch by Gallimard of the ‘Bibliothèque Idéale’ collection, one volume of which was to be devoted to Sartre; and on the interview he gave on his programme about Nekrasov), Louis Martin-Chauffier (in support of the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet), Gaëtan Picon (expressing his admiration), Anna Seghers (as president of the German Writers’ Union, inviting Sartre to their congress), Louis de Villefosse (disapproving of a hostile short article in *Les Lettres Françaises*).
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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