Jean COCTEAU overwhelmed by the death of Raymond Radiguet.

Autograph letter signed to the French director, Jacques Catelain

Very moving letter from Cocteau overwhelmed by the death of Raymond Radiguet which occurred a few days earlier.

“Radiguet gives me yet another lesson in knowing how to live.”

2.800€

Jean Cocteau (1889.1963)

Autograph 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 gives me yet another lesson in knowing how to live.”

Very moving letter from Cocteau overwhelmed by the death of Raymond Radiguet which occurred a few days earlier.

“My dear Catelain, The thing that could not happen has happened. Now it's a perfect thing. Radiguet gives me yet another lesson in good living. I'm in bed, I'm just sick, I imitate him badly . I will never forget your good letter under any circumstances. Jean Cocteau"

Raymond Radiguet, carried away by typhoid fever, died on December 12, 1923. In his delirium, he declared: “ I am afraid, in three days I will be shot by the soldiers of God. »