Les lettres françaises

Invitation card to the evening "Présence de Nazim Hikmet," organized in tribute to the poet who had died the previous year and which took place at Salle Pleyel on December 8, 1964, with notable attendees including Aragon, Charles Dobzynski, Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Piccoli.
A very fine copy in excellent condition.
A citizen of a society with heavy constraints, the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet (1901-1963) aspired from his earliest age to freedom. Initially through his poems which he composed - and he was one of the very first poets in his country to dare - in free verse, but also through very early political engagement. From 1920, he joined the independence movement led by Mustafa K

First edition, one of 2000 numbered copies on Luna paper, the only printing with 50 on pur fil.
Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
Gift inscription at head of front endpaper.