RIMBAUD René CHAR / Signed Autograph Letter / On Rimbaud / Poetry / Friendship

  

Signed autograph letter "René Char" to Marianne Oswald, L'Isle [sur-la-Sorgue], April 25, [19]68, 1 p. Beautiful letter to his friend Marianne about their friendship and mentioning Rimbaud.

Why measure friendship - or doubt it - by the number of letters exchanged? We dream under the belt of a hell that leaves us very little fresh air to breathe freely and write as we would like before being buried! I have a feeling that you are fighting and working with all your energy and heart. I think of you with friendship. But yes: you can recite the poems you want, of mine, in your broadcasts, starting with "Elisabeth, petite fille" and [Char adds on the back of the letter] More than ever, I understand Rimbaud for "leaving". This end of the letter inevitably recalls "You did well to leave, Arthur Rimbaud," excerpt from his collection "Fureur et mystère," published in 1948. She participated in his radio and television programs dedicated to poetry.