946 - YOURCENAR, Marguerite (née Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour) (1903–1987). Signed autograph letter addressed to Cécile de Bosson, the first woman to serve as head of the secretariat of the Académie française. Nairobi, Kenya, March 6, 1984. 1 p. in-8.

YOURCENAR, Marguerite (née Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour) (1903–1987). Signed autograph letter addressed to Cécile de Bosson, the first woman to serve as head of the secretariat of the Académie française. Nairobi, Kenya, March 6, 1984. 1 p. in-8. Marguerite Yourcenar expresses her delight at the admission of LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR to the Académie française: “Dear Miss. It is with the deepest regret that I will not be in Paris in time to attend the reception for Mr. Léopold Seghors [sic], whose election to the Academy has delighted me doubly, both as a great poet and as a great representative of Francophone Africa. I do not know how many seats I have available for friends who wish to attend this session, but I am sending you a list of 8 names that would account for a total of 12 seats. I hope I am not overstepping my bounds! I am recovering rather slowly from the aftereffects of my accident in December and am therefore being held up a little longer in Kenya […].”