98 - Georges HENEIN. *L’Incompatible*.

Georges HENEIN. *L’Incompatible*. Cairo, “La Part du Sable,” 1949. In-8 booklet, sewn binding, cloth-covered. Rare first edition printed in Cairo. Print run of 100 copies: one of the 75 non-commercial copies (no. XL). Precious autographed dedication: To Henri Michaux, / with a discreet accompaniment / of calabash for the crocodiles’ / nap… / G. Henein / Cairo, March 1949 The son of a Coptic diplomat, Georges Henein (1914–1973) “was the introducer of Surrealism in Egypt. […] After Nasser came to power [November 1954], he went into exile and began working as a journalist for *Jeune Afrique* in Rome, then settled in Paris in 1966 […]. Through his dual cultural background—Arab-Eastern and Western—Henein was already very close to Michaux. But above all, a strange kinship of spirit united them. The few letters still available bear witness to this, as do Henein’s numerous articles on Michaux. Brief yet intense, these texts touch upon Michaux’s very essence, his indomitable spirit. […] The writer Georges Henein is also, without a doubt, the man whose style most spontaneously resembles that of Michaux” (Michaux, *Complete Works II*, Pléiade, p. 1232).