This emotion called poetry. Tapuscript, 27... - Lot 808 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL

This emotion called poetry. Tapuscript, 27 pages, in green cover dated January 17, 1950 with "propriété de l'état" stamp. Unique copy by Alain Trutat, French radio man, producer and co-founder of France Culture, 1922-2006. "Cette émotion appelée poésie" is an essay on the poetry of French poet Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960), written between 1945 and 1947 at Solesmes Abbey. In 1926, Pierre Reverdy decided to go into "voluntary exile" at Solesmes Abbey. His texts were sent to Paris and published with the help of prestigious visitors such as André Breton and Pablo Picasso. From 1942 onwards, during the Occupation, German soldiers settled in the abbey, in quarters adjacent to the poet's, in despair and fury. Yet Reverdy refused to become a committed poet, like Paul Éluard or Robert Desnos. He decided to stop writing poetry. But in 1945, with the departure of the German army and the recognition of poetry's role in the Resistance, Reverdy became involved in the poetic debates of the day, producing a series of essays to fuel these debates and underpin his position. He first read the text on the radio for a program produced by Alain Trutat for Poste National. The text was then published by Mercure de France in August 1950.