Carte postale autographe adressée depuis Yale à son ami Jos Joliet

Autograph postcard signed by Jacques Derrida, addressed to his friend Jos Joliet from Yale University in Connecticut, 18 lines in blue ink, with the original handwritten envelope enclosed.

The postcard shows a view of Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library.

In 1975, Jacques Derrida was appointed visiting professor at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Jacques Derrida laments not having had the chance to see his friend while expressing joy at soon returning to France: "Dans quelques jours, je serai rentré (heureux de retrouver les 'proches' mais un peu terrifié à l'idée de ce que je vais devoir affronter autrement..."

Joseph Joliet, a former student of Jacques Derrida, became one of the philosopher's closest friends.
Highly attentive to Joliet’s writing, Derrida would go on to write the preface to his novel "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him during difficult times (see Benoît Peeters’ *Derrida*).