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COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963).

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COCTEAU Jean (1889-1963).
L.A.S. "Jean Cocteau", [ca. 1929, to Judith ÉRÈBE]| 1 page in-4.
Pathetic letter during his opium detox.
"My silence came from a fear of disturbing a mystery. There is around you and between us a real mystery of clairvoyance and night. When I was very ill, at the time of my exhibition of objects [Plastic Poetry], you unknowingly brought miracles into my room. This time, you're asking me for something specific. He recommends writing to Jacques MARITAIN in Meudon: "Only he will find the priest capable of breaking a spell. [...] My suffering is sometimes so intolerable, and my solitude so lonely, that I lie on the floor and try to die without killing myself.