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61 - René Benjamin, admirer, confidant and biographer of the poet…
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René Benjamin, admirer, confidant and biographer of the poet Anna de Noailles Lot comprising manuscripts, handwritten notes, correspondence and press cuttings, 1922–1933 FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Over 150 pages of handwritten notes on loose sheets written by René Benjamin, in various formats, and press cuttings A rare collection of handwritten notes gathered and compiled over nearly a decade: anecdotes, telephone conversations, testimonies and confidences recorded during dinners and interviews, seeking to capture the poetess’s complex, exuberant, intimate and endearing personality. Raw, unvarnished and previously unpublished material. Including On the telephone (29 January 1922), 1 page in-12 Visit to her home (17 Dec. 1922), in which she opens up about the Lasserre Prize, 4 pp. in-8 Lecture by Tristan Derème at Madame de Noailles’s salon (27 February 1923), 5 pp., in-8 Visit to her home (7 March 1923), 5 pp., in-8 Confidences from Maurice Barrès, her lover (February 1923), 4 pp., in-8, discussing the poet’s fragile health, her creative process born of suffering, and her sometimes strained relationships ‘The first time I saw her since Barrès’s death’ (18 January 1924), 4 pp., in-8; the poetess opens up, torn between despair, intimate memories and reflections on her passionate relationship with Maurice Barrès, who died on 23 December 1923 Au Soleil de la Poésie – Sous l’Oeil en fleur de Madame de Noailles Drafts, manuscript and proofs, approx. 70 pages of handwritten notes on loose in-8 sheets written by René Benjamin; outline notes, layout plans and drafts Autograph manuscript, October–November 1927, with deletions, corrections and additions, 176 pp., in-4 approx. 100 pages, 45 x 26 cm, printer’s proofs with handwritten deletions and corrections The book was published in 1928 by the Librairie des Champs-Elysées 100 letters from the author and other correspondents received upon the book’s publication, 1928–1929, including a letter from Léon Daudet, 29 April 1928, 1 page, in-4 3 letters from the author and postcards, July 1928, from Albert Pigasse, director of the Librairie des Champs-Elysées, concerning print runs, royalties, etc. Drafts and handwritten notes on loose sheets by René Benjamin, in various formats, and press cuttings, for the preparation of his lectures, 1933–1937 Incoming correspondence received following the death of Anna de Noailles, 1933 10 letters to the poet and replies, including from Bertrand de Mun, Hélène Lagneau (a friend of the poet), Paul Morel (a statesman); Émile Buré (a journalist), Henry Poidenot (an architect), André Hallays (a critic and writer); Stanislas de Castellane (a Member of Parliament), etc. FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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