The young Joë BOUSQUET begged to be heard by the surrealists. 1925.

Joë BOUSQUET (1897-1950)

Autograph letter signed to Pierre Naville.

A page in-4°.

Carcassonne. April 20 [19]25

“I nonetheless remain entirely won over to the surrealist cause. »

Superb letter from the young Bousquet, at the dawn of his literary career, to the director of the Surrealist Revolution , Pierre Naville. Isolated in his room in Carcassonne, Bousquet insisted that his desires for surrealism and his literary competition be heard by the Parisian group led by André Breton.

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“ I have just read with great interest No. 3 of La Révolution Surréaliste. I see that the fragment I sent you did not find a place there. Rereading it over the last few days, I realized very well that it was not possible to take advantage of it. I nonetheless remain entirely won over to the surrealist cause. So far from you, I will pursue you as best I can. Your letter last month gave me great joy and hope. Can I send you a very short, surrealist fragment for the next issue of La Révolution? I hope you will accept it. If you answer me quickly, I will send it to you by return mail. You know, Sir, that I am isolated in the provinces. I hope that you will join me in your research. I would like to work with you. Dispose of me, I pray you, that my forced absence does not condemn me to total oblivion …”

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The magazine La Révolution Surrealiste, founded in 1924, was initially directed by Naville and Benjamin Péret, then by André Breton. After twelve issues, published between December 1924 and December 1929, the review was renamed Surrealism in the service of the revolution or Surrealism ASDLR which, over 6 issues, appeared until May 1933.