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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter to a friend. S.l., "August 21" [1936]. 2 pp. in-folio, one split restored, trace of tab in one margin. "Mon pote, tu as toujours, je l'imagine, cette amiable relation avec une amie de Mr Rouché [Jacques Rouché, director of the Opéra, but also then acting director of the Opéra-Comique]. Will you (for a fee) alert him to the matter of A LITTLE FRIEND, FORMER DANCER AT THE OPERA-COMIQUE, who would like to be reinstated (following an unfortunate tour of America). THE LITTLE ONE'S NAME IS LUCETTE ALMANZOR (24). 3 years Conservatoire. 3 Opéra comique. 1st category dancer. Unionized. A little helping hand. A simple reinstatement in the corps de ballet. Will you take care of it? You have my full gratitude as well as my affection. I'M OFF TO RUSSIA. I go back to the dispensary on October 15. I'll write to you on the way. [To spend the royalties from the Russian translation of Journey to the End of the Night, the ruble not being convertible, Céline made a trip to Russia from the end of August to September 1936, which inspired his famous libel Mea culpa, published on December 28, 1936 by Denoël et Steele]. If you'd like to see her, she's at your disposal. I repeat: Lucette Almanzor, 108 boulevard Berthier, Paris.
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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter to a friend. S.l., "August 21" [1936]. 2 pp. in-folio, one split restored, trace of tab in one margin. "Mon pote, tu as toujours, je l'imagine, cette amiable relation avec une amie de Mr Rouché [Jacques Rouché, director of the Opéra, but also then acting director of the Opéra-Comique]. Will you (for a fee) alert him to the matter of A LITTLE FRIEND, FORMER DANCER AT THE OPERA-COMIQUE, who would like to be reinstated (following an unfortunate tour of America). THE LITTLE ONE'S NAME IS LUCETTE ALMANZOR (24). 3 years Conservatoire. 3 Opéra comique. 1st category dancer. Unionized. A little helping hand. A simple reinstatement in the corps de ballet. Will you take care of it? You have my full gratitude as well as my affection. I'M OFF TO RUSSIA. I go back to the dispensary on October 15. I'll write to you on the way. [To spend the royalties from the Russian translation of Journey to the End of the Night, the ruble not being convertible, Céline made a trip to Russia from the end of August to September 1936, which inspired his famous libel Mea culpa, published on December 28, 1936 by Denoël et Steele]. If you'd like to see her, she's at your disposal. I repeat: Lucette Almanzor, 108 boulevard Berthier, Paris.
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