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210 - Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Je…
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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Jean Demélier. Dear Jean. Thank you for your note of the 17th; I have received your book and thank you for it. I was pleased to read the favourable review in *La Quinzaine Littéraire*. Best wishes for… Kind regards. 19 September 1982, On a business card, envelope. Jean Demélier (1940–2023). Poet, writer and illustrator, he was the first French biographer of Samuel Beckett. According to him, he was one of Beckett’s closest friends: ‘I was the one who wrote the first essay about him in French; and that is how I came to know him. He was a tremendous friend, a tremendous benefactor to me, and until my last breath I shall remember him with tenderness and emotion…”
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About the sale SALE OF THE JEAN DEMELIER (1940–2023) STUDIO COLLECTION
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Auction time 07/09/2026 at 2:30 PM
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