Marcel PAGNOL launches his candidacy for the French Academy.
« My application to the Academy compels me to request an audience with you. »
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« My application to the Academy compels me to request an audience with you. »
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Marcel PAGNOL (1895.1974)
Autographed letter signed to an academician.
A page in-4°.
Paris. January 14, 1946.
Pagnol launches his candidacy for the French Academy.
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"Sir and dear master, My candidacy for the Academy compels me to request an audience with you . I am delighted to do so, and I regret taking up some of your time. Please accept, sir and dear master, my respectful admiration. Marcel Pagnol. "
Marcel Pagnol was elected to the French Academy on April 4, 1946, by 15 votes to seat 25 of Maurice Donnay, who had occupied his seat from 1907 to 1945. His reception, on March 27, 1947, by Jérôme Tharaud, was filmed, which was a first in the history of the venerable institution.
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