Louis ARAGON – Autographed letter signed
Louis ARAGON (1897 - 1982), French writer
Autograph letter signed to the writer Jean Cayrol. (First half of 1946); 1 in-4° page on headed paper “French thought in the service of peace”. With envelope
As part of the organization of the international congress of "French thought in the service of peace", which will take place at the Salle Playel in Paris from June 27 to 30, 1946, Aragon insists that Jean Cayrol, writer and former deportee, participate. He underlined the date of the 29th, on the letterhead, thereby indicating the date of his speech: "Dear JC Here it is: on the 29th, congress (for the framework below) of the CNE with the other writers' organizations. On the 26th, the sale of the CNE. Will you be there? I would like not only to have you come, but for you to speak at the congress (as a deported writer). Theme: witness, the deported writer becomes a fighter for the maintenance of peace. Well, not so crudely. And poetry... The congress, public, at Pleyel, will be very important (foreign writers present). All this would require that you be there a little in advance. There will be "facilities" for the congress participants, but I (the CNE) can assure you of additional ones. Do you have somewhere to stay in Paris? We will have a 50% permit for the trip. Write by return mail. I am counting on you..."
The Congress of French Thought in the Service of Peace, held from June 27 to 30, 1946, brought together commissions of scientists, intellectuals and artists whose goal was to work on pacifist resolutions on an international scale for the maintenance of peace in the world. The intervention of Paul Eluard for whom "poetry will merge tomorrow for all men with the love of life as it merged yesterday with the love of freedom", was particularly noted. Louis Aragon, for his part, asked our writers for works that match the genius of our people, its heroes and its builders.
Jean Cayrol (1910 - 2005) writer and publisher, joined the resistance during the war. He was arrested on denunciation in 1942 and deported to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. At the end of the war he published "Chant funèbre à la mémoire du Révérend Père Jacques", whom he knew in the concentration camp, arrested for having hidden Jewish children and resistance fighters in his college. He won the Renaudot prize in 1947 for his novel "Je vivrai l'amour des autres", the grand literary prize of Monaco in 1968, member of the Académie française from 1973 to 1995. A discreet man, he discovered young talents that he took the risk of publishing like Philippe Sollers or Erik Orsenna.
Autograph letter signed to the writer Jean Cayrol. (First half of 1946); 1 in-4° page on headed paper “French thought in the service of peace”. With envelope
As part of the organization of the international congress of "French thought in the service of peace", which will take place at the Salle Playel in Paris from June 27 to 30, 1946, Aragon insists that Jean Cayrol, writer and former deportee, participate. He underlined the date of the 29th, on the letterhead, thereby indicating the date of his speech: "Dear JC Here it is: on the 29th, congress (for the framework below) of the CNE with the other writers' organizations. On the 26th, the sale of the CNE. Will you be there? I would like not only to have you come, but for you to speak at the congress (as a deported writer). Theme: witness, the deported writer becomes a fighter for the maintenance of peace. Well, not so crudely. And poetry... The congress, public, at Pleyel, will be very important (foreign writers present). All this would require that you be there a little in advance. There will be "facilities" for the congress participants, but I (the CNE) can assure you of additional ones. Do you have somewhere to stay in Paris? We will have a 50% permit for the trip. Write by return mail. I am counting on you..."
The Congress of French Thought in the Service of Peace, held from June 27 to 30, 1946, brought together commissions of scientists, intellectuals and artists whose goal was to work on pacifist resolutions on an international scale for the maintenance of peace in the world. The intervention of Paul Eluard for whom "poetry will merge tomorrow for all men with the love of life as it merged yesterday with the love of freedom", was particularly noted. Louis Aragon, for his part, asked our writers for works that match the genius of our people, its heroes and its builders.
Jean Cayrol (1910 - 2005) writer and publisher, joined the resistance during the war. He was arrested on denunciation in 1942 and deported to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. At the end of the war he published "Chant funèbre à la mémoire du Révérend Père Jacques", whom he knew in the concentration camp, arrested for having hidden Jewish children and resistance fighters in his college. He won the Renaudot prize in 1947 for his novel "Je vivrai l'amour des autres", the grand literary prize of Monaco in 1968, member of the Académie française from 1973 to 1995. A discreet man, he discovered young talents that he took the risk of publishing like Philippe Sollers or Erik Orsenna.
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