Henri Barbusse - Ensemble de 4 lettres signées à Victor Margueritte et 1 poème - Tolstoï, URSS - 1922

Set of five items addressed to Victor Margueritte, novelist, author of La Garçonne, and to his wife, four of which are letters signed Henri Barbusse, writer, Goncourt Prize 1916 for Le Feu.

– Typed and autograph letter addressed to Victor Margueritte, undated [1928]. Typed in black ink on a large cream sheet. It bears Barbusse’s autograph signature and an autograph postscript initialed by him. Barbusse informs Victor Margueritte that the Moscow committee formed for Tolstoy’s centenary has included his name among the personalities invited to the celebrations. He details the stay conditions in the USSR, with the support of VOKS, and suggests obtaining travel funding from a newspaper in exchange for a report.

– Autograph letter signed addressed to Victor Margueritte, dated Miramar by Théoule (Alpes-Maritimes), 5 April 1922. Written in black ink on a sheet of watermarked laid paper. Barbusse shares his impression after reading La Maison de l’Homme, a drama by Victor Margueritte, and comments on its two conclusions.

– Autograph letter signed addressed to Mrs. Victor Margueritte, dated from Aumont by Senlis (Oise), 25 September 1925. Written in black ink on a double sheet of vellum paper. Barbusse thanks the Margueritte couple for their friendship and generosity toward him.

– Autograph letter signed addressed to Mrs. Victor Margueritte, dated Miramar, 5 April 1926. Written in black ink on a double sheet of vellum paper. Barbusse answers a letter from his correspondent, speaks about his own beliefs, and thanks her for her words on the death of “Lilith.”

– Typewritten draft of the poem “Ton corps est à toi,” in purple ink on a cream sheet. It bears pencil annotations in another hand: “For you by Barbusse,” “A.R.A.C 1927,” an unidentified signature “Louis Vit[...]” and an address in Vincennes. The poem’s title is that of Victor Margueritte’s novel published in 1927.

- Dimensions: the largest 21.6 x 35.3 cm; the smallest 13.4 x 20.8 cm
- Condition: Generally well preserved. See photos for details.

- Henri Barbusse is a French writer, politician, screenwriter and journalist, born May 17, 1873 in Asnières and died August 30, 1935 in Moscow. He recounts his life at the front during World War I in his novel Le Feu, which won the Goncourt Prize in 1916. Wikipedia

- Victor Margueritte, born December 1, 1866 in Blida and died March 23, 1942 in Monestier, was a French novelist and dramatist. Wikipedia

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