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240 - Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Postcard addressed to Jean Deméli…
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Estimate €30 - €50
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Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Postcard addressed to Jean Demélier. Paris, 10 August 1981. Dear Jean. Thank you for your letters and the parcels. I would prefer you to keep my letters, or to destroy them. All the best, as always. Sam Beckett. Card postcard, in an envelope. Jean Demélier (1940–2023). A poet, writer and illustrator, he was Samuel Beckett’s first French biographer. 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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