Charles PLISNIER (1896-1952, Belgian writer and Walloon activist, Prix Goncourt 1937 and Nobel Prize nominee in 1951) / Important set of 20 original contracts (signed by both parties) with his publisher Correa for his works from 1936 to 1953: "Mariage" (1936), "Faux Passeports" (1937, Prix Goncourt), "Meurtres" (1939), "Figure détruite" (1942), "Croix de Vénus" (1942), "Ave Genitrix" (1942 and 1945), "La Matriochka" (1943 and 1949), "Périple" (1945), "Faits divers" (1945), "Héloïse" (1945, 2), "Enfant aux stigmates" (1945), "Mères" (1946), "Beauté des Laids" (1951), "Folies douces" (1952), "L'Homme et les Hommes" (1953) - 2 contracts from 1949, with general renegotiation and monthly payment.

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