Two typescript letters (signed), dated 1943 August and December, discussing Fondane's personal circumstances, a planned article, and Tristan Tzara, written only months before Fondane was imprisoned and died in Auschwitz in 1944.
Description:
Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French poet and philosopher., In French., and Purchased from Argonautes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2003.
Subject (Name):
Fondane, Benjamin,--1898-1944, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges,--1884-1974, and Tzara, Tristan,--1896-1963
Subject (Topic):
Dadaism, French literature--20th century, Poets, Romanian, and Romanian literature--Jewish authors
"Cet ouvrage ... a été tiré à 300 exemplaires dont: 50 exemplaires sur papier Madagascar numérotés de 1 à 50; et 250 exemplaires sur papier Lafuma numérotés de 51 à 300"--P. [2] at end. and BEIN: Original wrappers. One of 250 copies on Lafuma paper.
Publisher:
Jean Budry & co.,
Subject (Name):
Jedermann--Collection (BEIN) and Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953