Georges Hugnet collection, 1917-1957.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

French

In French.

This material is open for research.

Georges Hugnet, French poet and critic associated with Surrealism. Author of Enfances (Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art," [1933]), a collection of poems that initially was a collaboration with Gertrude Stein. Stein published an English version, Before the Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded (Paris, Plain Edition, [1931]).

The collection contains drafts relating to Enfances, other writings and notes by Hugnet, and correspondence. Materials relating to Enfances consist of a typescript carbon, two copies, corrected, 1929; and an English translation, typescript, corrected, undated; also present is a printed publisher's advertisement (Paris: Éditions Jeanne Bucher, 1931). Other writings, most undated, include “La belle en dormant” and other poems set to music by Virgil Thomson, typescripts; Onan, poem, typescript carbon; notes for L'aventure Dada (1916-1922) (Paris: Galerie de l'Institut, 1957), autograph manuscript, circa 1955-1957; notes about Dadaism; and unidentified notes. Correspondence consists of three autograph letters, signed, from Hugnet to René Laporte, undated; one from Hugnet to Christian Zervos, [1928], about Hugnet's poem Commode, accompanied by a copy of the poem, typescript; facsimiles of four letters from Jacques Vaché to Hugnet, illustrated with drawings, 1917-1918; and two unidentified letters, 1939 and undated.

Archives or Manuscripts / Images

May 28, 2015

Georges Hugnet Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Georges Hugnet Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Drawings (visual works) - France - 20th century.

Poets France 20th century.