Paul Valéry / Autographed signed letter / Vintage print / Mistress / Gide

  

Handwritten letter signed "Paul Valéry" to Maurice Noël S. D "Wednesday" May 6, 1942? In-8°, letterhead of the Château de Montrozier (Aveyron) Old paperclip mark in margin. Interesting set including this letter from Paul Valéry to his colleague Maurice Noël, where André Gide and the publication of "Choses humaines" in Le Figaro are discussed.

I found your letter from the 1st here. I know nothing more about Paris or the magazine. I spoke with Gide (in Marseille) who gave me full powers before embarking for Tunis. I told him that I am sticking to my attitude, the only reasonable, effective, and clear one. I do not think you should publish the note you shared with me, if it does not come from the house itself.

In my opinion, nothing should be said about this matter until the Magazine itself speaks. Or until the summary of the next issue shows some notable change in direction. I want what I have told you, Brisson and you, to remain between us, and I would be grateful if any information of importance from Paris reached you, to give it to me as soon as possible. I will stay here until around the 20th.

Arrange as you wish for the "Choses humaines". If this text is composed now, perhaps a proof could reach me? Please thank Chauvet for his letter and article, and I do not forget his kindness in Lyon. Give all my regards to Brisson, who I was so happy to see again, and believe me, my dear Maurice Noël, your very sincerely devoted Paul Valéry".

Paul Valéry was staying at the Château de Montrozier at the invitation of his friends Robert and Yvonne de Billy. Articles written by Paul Valéry, which appeared in the following days, are mentioned here. The newspaper opens its columns to the poet and writer from the early 1930s.

Paul Valéry, who had been a member of the French Academy since 1925, has all the freedom to address the themes dear to him, in his precise and vivid style. (11.5 x 7.3 cm) featuring Paul Valéry, André Gide, and Jean Ballard at the Marseille train station. Old paperclip mark in the upper margin, annotation on the back, fold mark.

A handwritten letter signed by his wife Jeannie Valéry. L, "February 9" [after 1950], 3 p. Old paperclip mark on the fourth page.

Regarding the posthumous publication of the works and letters of Paul Valéry. "After returning my husband's letter to [Paul] Claudel to avoid hurting the friends Director and Editor [.] the way you express yourself about my husband makes it charming to me, as it touches my most sensitive cord [. Pierre Brisson has shown me through his attentions on many occasions, the fidelity of his memory and the vivacity of his admiration for my husband [. [Paris] December 1, 1950, 2 pp. Regarding the writing of her work and her grief after the death of Paul Valéry and the assassination of Robert Denoël. "I am upset that you could believe that the most independent and free of women lacked respect for the freedom of others [.

] The work I have published is beautiful, powerful, human, it has breath. It surpasses the petty stories, the little novels that we are tired of [.

] Maurice, life has been horribly hard and cruel to me in recent years [allusion to the death of Paul Valéry and the assassination of the publisher Robert Denoël, of whom she was the mistress at the time of the tragedy and publicly accused of being the instigator], you know [.] I need a comeback, I need a success. If your candidate [referring to her application for the Renaudot Prize] does not have sufficient chances, you can help me and continue for my pleasure.] If I am naive enough to trust you with this, it is only for you to forget it when you have destroyed this letter, remembering only my friendship which excludes everything else, Jean Voilier".

(15x10 cm and 18x13 cm) featuring the cemetery in Sète where Paul Valéry is buried. Some defects, a corner creased, period annotations on the back.