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Jean Genet and Paul Morihien papers relating to publishing
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Jean Genet and Paul Morihien papers relating to publishing, 1947.
Physical Description
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language
French
Notes
In French.
Provenance
Purchased from Librairie Benoit Forgeot (Pierre Bergé & associés, Collection Genevieve & Jean-Paul Kahn sale, Paris, 2019 November 7, lot 245) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2019.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Jean Genet (1910-1986) was a French novelist, poet, playwright, and political essayist. His first novel, Notre-Dame des Fleurs, was edited and published clandestinely in 1943 by Paul Morihien.
Paul Morihien (1917-) was a French editor and publisher, and secretary to avant-garde author and artist Jean Cocteau (1889-1963).
Summary
Papers documenting the collaboration between author Jean Genet and publisher Paul Morihien in 1947. Contains 1 signed contract between Genet and Morihien for the works Querelle de Brest, Heliogabale, Pompes funèbres, and Journal d'un voleur dated 1947 July 26; 5 original ink drawings and 5 photoduplicates of drawings by Jean Cocteau intended as possible cover illustrations for Pompes funèbres; and 3 autograph manuscript letters from Jean Genet to Paul Morihien, pressing Morihien for financial compensation.
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Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
April 20, 2020
References
Jean Genet and Paul Morihien Papers Relating to Publishing. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Jean Genet and Paul Morihien Papers Relating to Publishing. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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