GIDE ANDRÉ: (1869-1951)

GIDE ANDRÉ: (1869-1951)

GIDE ANDRÉ: (1869-1951) French Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1947. An interesting A.L.S, `André Gide´, two pages, 8vo, pink paper, Cuverville, 5<sup>th</sup> November 1923, to Llona, in French. Gide annotates his address to the upper left corner and refers to the English version of his well-known Caves du Vatican, stating in part `Madame Bussy s´inquiète - et je m´inquiète avec elle - de ne pouvoir recevoir les épreuves des Caves pour Broom (mais ne m´avez-vous pas dit qu´il interrompait de nouveau sa publication?) ("Madame Bussy is worried - and I am worried as well - about not being able to receive the proofs from the Caves for Broom (but didn't you tell me that he was once again interrupting his publication?) and further tries to find a way to sort the issue, saying `N´avez vous point quelque ami là-bas qui consentirait à les revoir à sa place? En tout cas, ce qu´on accepte pour une publication en revue n´est plus tolerable pour le volume, qui doit être correct, car c´est d´après lui qu´on vous jugera. Faites-vous strict et exigeant je vous en prie. Oui, dites qu´on exige des épreuves..´ ("Don't you have any friend there who would agree to check them on her behalf? In any case, what is accepted for a journal publication is no longer acceptable for the volume, which must be correct, because it is according to it that you will be judged. Be strict and demanding please. Yes, say that we require the proofs..") Very small overall age wear and creasing, otherwise G

 

Dorothy Bussy, was a writer, author of the controversial novel Olivia. She was married to Simon Bussy, painter, friend of Matisse and Gide. Dorothy was also an English translator, close to the Bloomsbury Group.