Marcel PAGNOL Autographed Letter. Recognition from his son Jacques

  

The Autographes des Siècles bookstore has been specializing in the sale of autograph letters and manuscripts for many years. Signed autograph letter to a minister. Marcel Pagnol is fighting for his illegitimate son to bear his surname. "Dear Minister, I appeal to you, in memory of Boulevard Murat. I have a thirty-year-old boy, my eldest son, who is legally considered an illegitimate child, in other words, cursed.

He bears his mother's name, and is therefore called Jacques Murphy. He has chosen France, and has completed his military service. I do not claim to legitimize him, as the law is fiercely formal.

But for years, I have been trying to find a way to give him my name. I was told at the sixteenth district town hall that if he were Jewish, it would not be impossible.

He would just have to take the name Pagnol, with my consent and that of my wife. Can this privilege not be granted to a Christian? To which service should I turn, under your guidance? This question is so serious to me that I am considering changing my son's nationality, so that he can take my name.

It is in despair that I turn to you. You have much more important things to do.

But perhaps just a word from you would be enough? Please believe in my very old admiration, dating back to our youth... Separated from Simonne Collin, his first wife, whom he would not officially divorce until 1941, Pagnol met in 1930 a young English dancer named Kitty Murphy.

Their love affair resulted in a son, Jacques. This son would only be legally allowed to bear his father's name in July 1976, after a court decision overturning the impossibility of recognizing a child from an adulterous relationship. It is thanks to the application of the jurisprudence related to the Picasso succession - recognizing his three illegitimate children as legitimate heirs - that Jacques Murphy finally became Jacques Pagnol, thus fulfilling the ancient wish of his deceased father.

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