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CHAR (René). Autograph draft of a collective letter to André Bre_x0002_ton. [Probably January 1931]. 1 p. 1/2 in-folio, erasures and corrections, traces of tabs on versos. VERSION WITH VARIANTS FROM THE FINAL TEXT. "Dear friend, we do not consider it possible, after yesterday's session and the obvious ill will expressed by Aragon concerning Surrealist activity, to accept your decision to abandon the leadership of the S.A.D.R. solely by the fact of this disagreement between him and all of us. Aragon's activity obviously jeopardizes everything we do, but we don't think that's enough for you to stop relying on us. If you were to persist in this attitude, we would be obliged to believe that, contrary to what you claim, you can no longer count on our support. Consequently, we ask you to withdraw the resignation you gave yesterday and to consider the continuation of surrealist activity, even if this means putting Aragon on notice to renounce an activity that is harmful to us and even, if he does not agree to renounce it,... depriving ourselves of him by publishing the reasons." LIVRES & AUTOGRAPHES THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2021 70VERS THE BREAK BETWEEN LOUIS ARAGON AND THE SURREALIST GROUP. Invited to the "Revolutionary Writers" conference in Kharkov on December 1, 1930, Louis Aragon and Georges Sadoul agreed to sign a self-criticism of their literary activities, pledging to submit them to the party for approval. This caused great tension within the Surrealist group, and on January 15, 1931, André Breton proposed his resignation from the magazine Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution. The present collective letter was signed by René Char, Salvador Dali, Paul Éluard, Yves Tanguy, André Thirion and Pierre Unik to make Breton reconsider his decision. The issue of relations with the Communist Party was further aggravated when Louis Aragon published the poem "Front rouge" in July 1931. The threat of exclusion contained in the collective letter of January 1931 was carried out in March 1932: René Char and René Crevel published the leaflet "Paillasse! (fin de l'affaire Aragon)", which sealed the rupture between Louis Aragon and the Surrealists.
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CHAR (René). Autograph draft of a collective letter to André Bre_x0002_ton. [Probably January 1931]. 1 p. 1/2 in-folio, erasures and corrections, traces of tabs on versos. VERSION WITH VARIANTS FROM THE FINAL TEXT. "Dear friend, we do not consider it possible, after yesterday's session and the obvious ill will expressed by Aragon concerning Surrealist activity, to accept your decision to abandon the leadership of the S.A.D.R. solely by the fact of this disagreement between him and all of us. Aragon's activity obviously jeopardizes everything we do, but we don't think that's enough for you to stop relying on us. If you were to persist in this attitude, we would be obliged to believe that, contrary to what you claim, you can no longer count on our support. Consequently, we ask you to withdraw the resignation you gave yesterday and to consider the continuation of surrealist activity, even if this means putting Aragon on notice to renounce an activity that is harmful to us and even, if he does not agree to renounce it,... depriving ourselves of him by publishing the reasons." LIVRES & AUTOGRAPHES THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2021 70VERS THE BREAK BETWEEN LOUIS ARAGON AND THE SURREALIST GROUP. Invited to the "Revolutionary Writers" conference in Kharkov on December 1, 1930, Louis Aragon and Georges Sadoul agreed to sign a self-criticism of their literary activities, pledging to submit them to the party for approval. This caused great tension within the Surrealist group, and on January 15, 1931, André Breton proposed his resignation from the magazine Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution. The present collective letter was signed by René Char, Salvador Dali, Paul Éluard, Yves Tanguy, André Thirion and Pierre Unik to make Breton reconsider his decision. The issue of relations with the Communist Party was further aggravated when Louis Aragon published the poem "Front rouge" in July 1931. The threat of exclusion contained in the collective letter of January 1931 was carried out in March 1932: René Char and René Crevel published the leaflet "Paillasse! (fin de l'affaire Aragon)", which sealed the rupture between Louis Aragon and the Surrealists.
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