STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946)

STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector who hosted a famous salon in Paris. A good A.L.S., Gertrude Stein, two pages, 4to, Belley, n.d. (1920s), to Rene Crevel ( 'My dear Rene'), on the printed stationery of the Hotel Pernollet. Stein expresses her pleasure at knowing that 'everything is going so nicely' with Crevel and that he does want to translate Three Lives ( 'it will give me a great deal of happiness to have you do it'), further remarking 'I like the title Crepitements better than Centre Point I think, I like the title Crepitements very much, it sounds nice and means well, I like it[s] meaning, to frizzle'. Stein also informs Crevel that she is sending his address to Mr. W. A. Bradley 'who is now my literary agent in Paris', adding that 'he places English translations of French books in America and you never can tell what may happen'. Stein also explains that she will not be back until the middle of October but will see Crevel before he leaves and concludes with the words 'We love you very much always'. A letter of good association. Some light creasing to the edges and with some staining to the centre, affecting a few words of text but not the signature, G Rene Crevel (1900-1935) French writer associated with the Surrealist movement. Three Lives was written between 1905 and 1906, however Stein struggled to find a publisher for the work of fiction until 1909. The book is separated into three stories, The Good Anna , Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena. Crevel's intended project to translate the work did not come to fruition.