Description

Typescript of an interview given by Breton to the Canadian radio on January 13, 1953. Preceded by a handwritten fragment (included at the end of the typed text) and a note signed by G.R. clearly explaining the conditions of its broadcast, this interview given by Breton to Canadian radio and television in 1953 focuses on Arcane 17, which was written in Canada, and on certain experiences precisely related to Breton's stay in that country. The whole 'conversation' is intended for listeners who are not very familiar with either Surrealism or the exact situation of the French intellectual world. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005] Typescript and autograph manuscript, undated (1952). - 5 pages in-4° typescript titled 'Où en est le surréalisme' [The Status of Surrealism], of which the last 16 lines reproduce the text of the attached manuscript by Breton (1/4 page in-4°). A typed note specifies that this is a text broadcast on Radio-Canada: "I have watched the birds a lot on Bonaventure Island, which is off the coast of Percé; I have never listened to them so much, and heard them so well, as in the Canadian forest." ('Où en est le surréalisme?', Alentours II, Œuvres complètes, volume III, last paragraph, page 1095.) - 1/4 page in-4°, autograph manuscript of an incomplete text relating to Bonaventure Island. [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

André Breton (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), « Où en est le surréalisme ? », Alentours II, Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, p. 1092-1095, notice p. 1463-1464

Creation date	1952
Bibliographical material	5 pages in-4° - MS and TS - black ink.
Date of publication	13/01/1953
Languages	French
Reference	543000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2347
Keywords	Criticism, Diary, Surrealism
Set	[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Permanent link	https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100249390

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