COCTEAU Jean [Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 - Milly-la-Forêt, 1963] - Lot 12

COCTEAU Jean [Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 - Milly-la-Forêt, 1963], French poet and writer. Important set of 52 signed autograph letters, mostly addressed to M. Jean Pierre Millecam; 1951 to 1961. 1 to 2 pages in-folio or In-8°. In his letters, Cocteau gives his friend a great deal of literary advice for his next book. In others, he talks about festivals or his triumphant performances abroad. abroad. "I have just returned from Vienna, where we had an incredible triumph with the Oratonio Spectacle de Paris. Paris had also triumphed - but Vienna is a city in love, where music circulates like air. As soon as I got back to Santo Sospir (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat), I played your films. I'll have to make another one. I'll be leaving to the Greek islands, where I'll spend a month sailing on the Orphée II" - "Dear J. P, you're wrong. I'm never disenchanted, especially when it comes to you. It's likely that tenderness pushes me to take the family style. family style. I've started painting and dictating again. The paint dries while I dictate." - "I'm happy with your happiness and balance - I had received fresh news from Mario. Alas, I didn't dare tell him that all the threads that tied me to this world are snapping one after the other. I return from Venice sick to the marrow of my soul and without the slightest strength to react.