Author Raymond QueneauLetter to Maxime Alexandre, Georges Altman, Louis Aragon, Pierre Audard, Jean Baldensperger, Jacques Baron, Reynor ou Pierre Bernard, Jean Bernier, Jacques-André Boiffard, Joë Bousquet, Jean Caupenne, René Daumal, André Delong, Hubert Dubois, Marcel Duhamel, Marcel Fourrier, Dr Théodore Fraenkel, Camille Fegy, Ernest de Gengenbach, dit aussi Jean Genbach, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Camille Goemans, Paul Guitard, Norbert Gutterman, Arthur Harfaux, Paul Hooreman, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Édouard Loeb, Georges Malkine, Pierre de Massot, Salomon Monny de Boully, Pierre Morhange, Max Morise, Frédéric Mégret, Pierre Naville, Paul Nougé, Pascal Pia, Georges Politzer, Jacques Prévert, Man Ray, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Marko Ristič, Gérard Rosenthal, dit parfois Francis Gérard, Georges Sadoul, Emile Savitry, André Souris, André Thirion, Pierre Unik, Roger Vailland, Albert Valentin, Pierre Vidal, Roger Vitrac, Jean ou Hans Arp, Antonin Artaud, Georges Bataille, André Breton, Jean Carrive, Victor Crastre, René Crevel, Robert Desnos, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Maurice Henry, René Magritte, André Masson, Édouard-Léon-Théodore Mesens, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Benjamin Péret, Yves Tanguy, Roland Tual, Tristan Tzara
Letter-pamphlet written by Aragon and Breton, published on February 12th, 1929. Answers should be addressed to Raymond Queneau.
Letter-tract pamphlet by Raymond Queneau, addressed to 74 writers and artists asking them about their position on the possibility of a common action. [Auction catalogue, 2003]
Sent by Raymond Queneau in February 1929, this questionnaire addressed to numerous public figures (“Mister…”) acknowledges the difficulties encountered by reviews like La Révolution surréaliste, Le Grand Jeu, La Lutte de classes, Distances, L'Esprit, all of which have almost ceased publication. He asks the addressees if they would be ready to commit themselves to act, and how they should proceed, in order to renew a forum of intellectual life. [Gilles Mioni, André Breton site, 2011]
José Pierre (dir.), Tracts surréalistes et Déclarations collectives (1922-1969), Paris, Le Terrain vague (Éric Losfeld éditeur), 1980, t. I, p. 96
| Creation date | 12/02/1929 |
| Bibliographical material | Paris, s.é., 12 février 1929. Double feuillet in-8°. |
| Date of publication | 12/02/1929 |
| Publication | first publication |
| Languages | French |
| Number of pages | 4 p. |
| Publisher | Sans éditeur |
| Reference | 1561000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 1603 |
| Keywords | Correspondence, Letter, Politics, Surrealism, Tract |
| Categories | Letters to André Breton, Pamphlets |
| Set | [Archives] dossier A.A.E.R./A.E.A.R, Le Grand Jeu, [Journal] Variétés, Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100707360 |
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Handwritten draft by Louis Aragon of a letter addressed to various figures of the intellectual world, dated February 12th, 1929.
[Archives] dossier A.A.E.R./A.E.A.R, [Journal] Variétés, Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives
