TZARA (Tristan, real name Samuel ROSENTOCK). - Lot 214

TZARA (Tristan, real name Samuel ROSENTOCK). Born in Romania. 1896-1963. Writer, poet, essayist, founder of the Dada movement. L.A.S. "Tristan Tzara" to Franz Hellens. Paris, June 16, 1924. 1 1/2 in-folio pages. Slate paper. Envelope (torn, postmark on reverse with Tzara's address, 29 Campagne Première, Paris XIV). Tzara thanks him for thinking of him for a recommendation to the ...Russian publishing house in Moscow. Unfortunately, my novel is not yet finished. In the next issue of Feuilles libres, I'll publish the last part, which is not yet the end of the novel. I think that in 2 or 3 months, I'll be able to send it to Moscow. Through a friend who left for Russia last week, I sent a letter to Mr. Feldmann, together with the good sheets of my 7 manifestos, which are to be published by Budry. The spirit of revolt and protest which characterized the entire Dada movement might perhaps interest him, and I would be pleased if he decided to publish this work in Russian.I regret very much having received your kind invitation to collaborate on the Charlot issue, at a time when illness has strangely complicated my existence with the preoccupations and difficulties I had with the realization of my play.The novel referred to in this letter is undoubtedly the unfinished Faites vos jeux, written by Tristan Tzara in the early '20s and published in the magazine Les Feuilles Libres between 1923 and 1924. Franz HELLENS is the FINE NAME OF FRÉDÉRIC VAN ERMENGEM. Born in Brussels in 1881 (died in 1972). Belgian poet, essayist and art critic. Son of bacteriologist Emile van Ermengem (1851-1932). He lived in Paris from 1947 to 1971. He is known as one of the leading exponents of Belgian fantasy literature. But he was also a tireless promoter of Belgian Letters, notably the magazine Signaux de France et de Belgique and later, Le Disque vert. It was he who discovered Henri Michaux, before Jean Paulhan took over.