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Jacques Chardonne letters to Maurice Martin du Gard
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Jacques Chardonne letters to Maurice Martin du Gard, 1929-1966.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
French
Notes
In French.
Provenance
Purchased from Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Organization
Arranged chronologically.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Jacques Chardonne, the son of an American heiress and a French father, was born Jacques Boutelleau in southwestern France in 1884. He was the author of the trilogy Les destinées sentimentales, and Claire, which won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1932. During World War II he supported collaboration with the Vichy government, and after the war he spent time in prison for his pro-Nazi activities. He died in La Frette-sur-Seine in 1968.
Maurice Martin du Gard, was born in Nancy, France in 1896. He was the founder and editor of the French literary review Nouvelles littéraires, author of Mémorables and Libéraux de Renan à Chardonne. He supported the Vichy government during World War II. He died in Versailles in 1970.
Summary
Autograph letters, signed, from Jacques Chardonne to Maurice Martin du Gard. In his letters, written between 1929 and 1966 from Librarie Stock in Paris and La Frette-sur-Seine, Chardonne discusses his and Martin du Gard's writings and those of others including Paul Morand, André Gide, Jean Giradoux and many others; current events; his social activities; and the health of his wife. Wartime correspondence includes mention of his stepson's interest in joining the air force, and travel by Chardonne to Germany for a month in 1941. There are no letters dated between November 1941 and April of 1948. Accompanied by three autograph manuscript letters to Martin du Gard from Camille Belguise, Jean-Louis Bory, and Marcel Arland.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 22, 2014
References
Jacques Chardonne Letters to Maurice Martin du Gard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Jacques Chardonne Letters to Maurice Martin du Gard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Authors France 20th century.
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