Jean Cocteau invites Sartre and Beauvoir to Milly-la-Forêt.
"My dear Sartre, I have finally left that harmful clinic. I wish you, I wish us, to keep our balance in this chaos where everyone pushes us from one side to the other."
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"My dear Sartre, I have finally left that harmful clinic. I wish you, I wish us, to keep our balance in this chaos where everyone pushes us from one side to the other."
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Jean Cocteau (1889.1963)
Autographed letter signed to Jean Paul Sartre.
One page in-4°.
Milly la Forêt. January 2, 1955.
Cocteau, recovering from his heart attack, invites his friends Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to Milly la Forêt.
A rare testimony to the friendly relationship between these three major figures of the 20th century intellectual and literary scene.
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"My dear Sartre, I have finally left this harmful clinic. I wish you, I wish us, to keep our balance in this chaos where everyone pushes us from the right or the left."
Tell Simone [de Beauvoir] that I send her my love and let's meet . Why don't you come with her to lunch at my country house one day? An hour's drive and a few good hours of friendship. Write to me if you can. Nothing would give me more pleasure. Yours, Jean Cocteau.
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In 1954, Cocteau suffered his first heart attack, from which he recovered weakened, despite his convalescence at Santo Sospir.
wishes for balance in 1955 were rewarded by his election to the French Academy on March 3, to the seat of Jérôme Tharaud.