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André BRETON (1896–1966).
2 letters from the ‘André Breton’ Literary Archive, Paris 1950–1953, to Jean MARKALE; 1 page each, quarto size; the second bearing the letterhead and address of the A l’Étoile gallery, with a seal.
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2 letters from the ‘André Breton’ Literary Archive, Paris 1950–1953, to Jean MARKALE; 1 page each, quarto size; the second bearing the letterhead and address of the A l’Étoile gallery, with a seal.
24 April 1950. He declined an invitation to contribute to the newspaper *Lettres du Monde*: ‘I do not agree with the way *Le citoyen du Monde* [Garry Davis] was handled. Without any authorisation, that newspaper reprinted a speech of mine which had previously been printed in *La Gauche* in a highly inaccurate manner […] I know I am not the only one whose signature is being extorted in this way. These are practices that rob me of all confidence, even on a globalist level, in those who employ them”…
13 February 1953. “Those Celtic poems you showed me are very fine”; Breton would like to see the others: “Would it not suit you to publish a few of them, which you could present, in the first issue of La Mante surréaliste, which is due to appear shortly? ’ He suggests meeting either at his home or at the Etoile scellée…