Jean Cocteau, in despair, mourns the death of Raymond Radiguet. 1923.

Jean Cocteau (1889.1963)

Autographed letter signed to the French director, Jacques Catelain

A page in-4°. Stamped and canceled autograph envelope.

[Paris] rue d'Anjou. December 19, 1923.

"Radiguet is giving me yet another lesson in etiquette."

A very moving letter from Cocteau, overwhelmed by the death of Raymond Radiguet which had occurred a few days earlier.

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"My dear Catelain, The thing that could not happen has happened. Now it is a perfect thing. Radiguet is giving me yet another lesson in etiquette. I am lying down, I am only ill, I imitate him poorly . I will never forget, under any circumstances, your kind letter. Jean Cocteau"

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Raymond Radiguet, struck down by typhoid fever, died on December 12, 1923. In his delirium, he declared: "  I am afraid, in three days I will be shot by God's soldiers.  "