Louis-Ferdinand CELINE – “I owe everything to Thorwald Mikkelsen! »

Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894.1961)

Autograph letter signed to Mrs. Janine Daragnès.

Two pages in-4°. Address in mind.

Copenhagen. April 15, 1947.

“I owe everything to Thorwald Mikkelsen, including my life!” »

Céline would like to thank her lawyer for all his services rendered during her Danish ordeal.

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“Dear Madam, I will have all the indiscretions! But this is a matter that is very close to my heart. I know how crowded Paris is at the moment and I would however have to find 2 bedrooms and a bathroom for my defender Thorwald Mikkelsen who plans to spend there from April 1st ^to 15th! I owe everything to Thorwald Mikkelsen, including my life ! I would like to please him. The price doesn't matter but where can you find these 2 bedrooms and this bathroom? I know how ingenious and infinitely resourceful you are...so I plucked up my courage. I know that you will not be offended by my shamelessness (…) I no longer know Paris and the neighborhood… In any case, I beg you to answer me. These are, of course, very decent people and it is not about food. I would still have to offer them my apartment. I imagine your husband must still be in Türkiye. Did he have a good trip? I fear Turkey, a very unhealthy country. We often talk about you with Lucette. She sends you all her regards. »