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an old handwritten letter from a man who is writing on a piece of paperan old newspaper with a bunch of letters and pictures on itblack and white photograph of a man sitting in a chair reading a booktwo books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacetwo books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean open book with a handwritten page on it sitting on top of a tablean open book with writing on it sitting on top of a table
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174 - François Mauriac (1885–1970), writer, member of the Académie…
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François Mauriac (1885–1970), writer, member of the Académie Française and Nobel Laureate in Literature A collection of correspondence, press cuttings, 1 portrait and 4 publications, some with signed autograph dedications 4 autograph letters and autograph postcards, 1932–1946, addressed to René Benjamin, including Autograph postcard, Paris, 10 October 1944 ‘My dear colleague, Claude Morgan is the son of my colleague Georges Lecomte. I am eager to set the record straight. Yes, we have suffered greatly, which is why I am striving today not to act unjustly. I hope with all my heart that your son will return to you safe and sound and that peace will bring together all French people of good will.” Claude Morgan is secretary of the National Writers’ Committee and editor of *Les Lettres Françaises*, in which he publishes blacklists of writers who have collaborated. Letter to the Author, 22 October 1946 ‘Dear René Benjamin, Despite everything that separates us, I wish to thank you for understanding that I would read your book, and that I would read it as it ought to be read – with respect and with all the emotion due to the admirable child you have lost. Fathers understand one another… My youngest son was reported missing for twenty-four hours, and the (hindsight) anguish I felt brought me closer to the pain you are experiencing—I admire you for bearing it with such faith. Yes, one day we shall know, we shall understand, what your Jean-Loup knows and understands today. We shall see what he sees. All these mists that have prevented us, here on earth, from knowing and loving one another will be torn away. May the blood shed by your child one day help to bring about reconciliation between those who today hate one another... My wife joins me in expressing to you both our heartfelt and, if you will allow it, fraternal sentiments...’ Portrait of François Mauriac, photogravure print, 23.5 x 16 cm Enclosed: 2 autograph letters, Bordeaux, June 1929, Pierre Mauriac, doctor and brother of the writer *Le Désert de l’Amour* Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1926 First edition on Marais vellum Copy printed especially for the author Paperback, 20 x 14 cm Signed autograph copy Ce qui était perdu Paris, Les Cahiers Verts, Bernard Grasset, 1930 First edition, press copy no. CXCI Paperback, 19 x 12 cm (foxing) Signed autograph copy Blaise Pascal and his sister Jacqueline Paris, Hachette, 1931 Paperback, 19 x 12 cm Les Anges Noirs Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1936 First edition on Alfa paper Press copy no. CCXIX Paperback, 19 x 12 cm Signed autograph copy 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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