René CHAR / Signed Autograph Letter / Poems / Reading / Existence / Intimacy

  

Char" to Marianne Oswald S. René Char ostentatiously refuses to appear on television in any form, but nevertheless encourages his friend Marianne Oswald to recite her poems there.

I am sensitive - believe me - to your thoughts that I just read in your letter, which I picked up on the way, but, alas! The prospect of a film is so repulsive to me (even with you) that I have sworn to never lend myself to it.

You will not be offended, I know, by my reserve - towards myself - You will understand it, my friend. Read my poems, they are written for that, but do not ask me to show myself, or to display my poetic existence. I warmly embrace you, René Char P. I called you on the phone at the St Martin Hotel in Isle, Monday morning, but you were no longer there.

She participates in her radio and television programs dedicated to poetry.