Beckett (Samuel) Autograph note signed ("Sam")

The note, written in French on personalised stationery to French author and artist Jean Demélier (to whom Beckett acted as a mentor), reads "Thank you for drawing and to Tal-Coat for the reproduction. Give him my regards. Saw Roger Knouff [?] today. He loved Nouvelles Lettres", one page, light craesing, oblong 12mo. Paris, 21 March 1983, with the original envelope addressed in Beckett's hand. (2)

***Associated with modernism, postmodernism and the Theatre of the Absurd, Beckett is best-known for his bleak, minimalist dramas such as Waiting for Godot. Although he lived in Dublin and London, most of Beckett's life was spent in Paris (he even worked for the French Resistance during World War II.) Always wary of fame, Beckett eschewed celebrity seekers but later in life made time for scholars and other admirers whom he would often meet in the lobby of the Hotel PLM St. Jacques near his home in Montparnasse.
One such recipient of his largesse was our letter's recipient, Demélier, who travelled to London with Beckett's help and who Beckett introduced to the publisher Gallimard, which published six of his novels including Le Rêve de Job, Le Sourire de Jonas, La Constellation des Chiens, Le Miroir de Janus, and Le Jugement de Poitiers. In addition to authoring numerous essays, radio plays and the poetry collection L'astronome biologique, 13 poèmes pour Samuel Beckett, Demelier was an artist and published several art books. Our letter mentions Demélier's work Les Nouvelles Lettres de Mon Moulin (Paris: Gallimard, 1982) and French artist and founder of the abstract style Tachisme, Pierre Tal-Coat (Pierre Louis Jacob, 1905-1985).

Dimensions:3.1 x 5.1"/ 8 x 13cm