20th century writers. - Lot 241

20th century writers. - Jean Cocteau (3 autograph notes preserved in envelopes, 2 pp. in-8 and ½ p. in-4): on the Scott expedition to the South Pole during which all the members perished from hunger and cold; on the back of an invoice addressed to him by his brother, Paul Cocteau, a few lines on kindness; and a few poetic lines with personal considerations. - Hervé Bazin (autograph poem signed), Max Jacob (publishing contract signed), Alain Robbe-Grillet, Philippe Soupault (to Gisèle Freund), Jean-Paul Sartre (signed twice, co-signed by Raymond Rouleau, about the editing of Les Sorcières de Salem, a film directed by Raymond Rouleau with a script and dialogues by Sartre, released in 1957, based on Arthur Miller's play) - 13 texts (9 autographs signed and 4 typed) and 8 letters. A collection of responses from writers to a survey on the part of fiction and autobiography in their work. Usually 1 p. ½ in-4 per response, sometimes accompanied by a letter. Alexandre Arnoux, Pierre Benoit, Célia Bertin, Jean-Louis Bory, Georges Duhamel, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Félicien Marceau, André Maurois, Jacques Perret, Jules Roy, Michel de Saint-Pierre, Paul Viallar, etc. We enclose: - a letter written from Romain GARY in Los Angeles by an unidentified author touring the U.S.A. - 8 photographic portraits of writers: George Bernard Shaw (3), Georges Simenon and Raymond Queneau (4).