QUENEAU (Raymond). - Lot 186

QUENEAU (Raymond). Born in Le Havre. 1903-1976. Philosophy degree (studied under Kojève). Joined the Surrealist movement in 1924. Published his first book, Le Chiendent, in 1933. Joined Éditions Gallimard in 1938. L.A.S. "Queneau" to "Mon Cher Pillaudin" [screenwriter Roger Pillaudin]. S.l., July 6, 1968. 1/2 page in-4 ...I must confess that I haven't read Hitlera. I gave the ms [manuscript] to Lemarchand right away, then I went to the Lot and when I came back your play was out of my circuit. I regret this, but Lemarchand's favorable opinion should reassure you. By the way, isn't it due to be performed?... In the 1960s, Pillaudin undertook to adapt a new Quenien success, Loin de Rueil, for the stage in the form of a musical. It was staged at the T.N.P. (Théâtre National Populaire), with Maurice Jarre writing the music. This was probably the start of a regular exchange of letters between the two men; Pillaudin proposed his plays to Queneau for Gallimard, while Queneau tried to export Pillaudin's theatrical adaptations of his books to Broadway...