Autograph letter signed and typed letter signed.

Camus, Albert, French writer, philosopher and Nobel laureate (1913-1960).

Published by Paris and no place, 7 December 1956 and no date.

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(Oblong) 8vo. Together (1+1=) 2 pp. Both letters to the writer Georges Adam. - The handwritten letter concerns a work of Adam's (either "L'Épée dans les reins" [1947] or "Le Sang de César" [1956], both published by Gallimard) that Camus has read: "J'ai aimé votre livre, comme vous avez la gentillesse de le souhaiter, et je l'ai aimé en manuscrit puisque je suis un de ceux qui l'ont fait prendre par Gallimard [.]" (no place or date). In the typed letter, Camus thanks Adam for participating in an event, probably in connection with the Hungarian Revolution. On 3 November a Hungarian delegation had been invited to attend negotiations on Soviet withdrawal at the Soviet Military Command at Tököl, near Budapest. Around midnight that evening, General Ivan Serov, Chief of the Soviet Security Police, ordered the arrest of the Hungarian delegation, and the following day the Soviet army attacked Budapest: "Si dure que soit l'idée de la solitude où nous avons laissé mourir les combattants hongrois, le regroupement qui s'est fait en Europe donne cependant une sorte de sens à leur combat désespéré. Il faut simplement aider la nation hongroise à vivre libre sans avoir à consentir de nouveaux et sanglants sacrifices [.]" (Paris, 7 Dec. 1956). Before writing this letter Camus had already expressed his concerns twice, first by responding to Imre Nagy's radio appeal to writers around the world on the day of the invasion, and a second time during a speech on 23 November. - Typed letter on stationery with printed letterhead of the "Librairie Gallimard".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Autograph letter signed and typed letter signed.
• Publisher: Paris and no place, 7 December 1956 and no date.
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  • Autographs: Literature