Cohen, Arthur Allen.
Cohen, Arthur Allen. Typewritten letter in English with handwritten paraphrase and small addition. New York, 15.08.1982. 1 p. with printed letterhead in red and black. DIN A4. With envelope of the same design, but stamped earlier. - With it: Two handwritten picture postcards with signature. New York, 02.04.1984 (postmark) and Jerusalem, 28.06.1984 (?). Each 1/2 p. and address in black felt-tip pen. Approx. 9 x 14 cm.
Arthur A. Cohen (1928-86), American writer, Judaist and historian, was married to artist Elaine Lustig Cohen. Both were friends with the antiquarian Sibylle Kaldewey, to whom the letter and cards are addressed. The former reports on work on his monograph "Herbert Bayer: The Complete Works" (1984), on a "very small and chic conference at the Rockefeller palazzo in Belaggio (Primo Levi, Steiner Guinzburg (sic), Bassani, Cannetti, Bellow, etc. and myself -- I think about fourteen odd talents in all)," further on an essay on Israel/Lebanon: "I expect an uproar from all my Jewish friends and enemies. Mais tant pis." He sends greetings to his publisher friends in Munich and adds "(Matthes)". The card from Jerusalem shows little Torah students, Cohen writes "not the best of times to be here - we're inundated with politics and the nation is quite divided, but the land is beautiful and I adore Hebrew." - The card from New York with a crease. - Enclosed: A. A. Cohen. The American Imagination after the war. Notes on the Novel, Jews, and Hope. Syracuse University, 1981. 4 pp, 36 pp, 1 p. Original wraps. - Front title with Cohen's own pencil dedication "for Sibylle a literary contribution from New York to Düsseldorf," Jan. 12, 1981.
