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228 - Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Je…
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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Autograph letter, addressed to Jean Demélier. Paris. 17 May 1968. Dear Jean. I have received your letter and poem; thank you. Here is your manuscript. I haven’t read it. I’ve been ….. for the past 15 days and still am. I asked you at the ...... not to send me any more texts to read............ Kind regards. Sam Beckett. On card. 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 in French about him; and that is how I came to know him. He was a great friend, a great 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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