"... avec le retard qu'implique le poids du livre, poids qui affirme aux esprits non prévenus le sérieux de l'auteur..."

Autograph letter signed by André Malraux (20 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) making witty reference to the release of his work, probably Le musée imaginaire published in 1947, and to the article devoted to him by André Parinaud in Arts.
André Malraux mocks the massive aspect of his work: "... avec le retard qu'implique le poids du livre, poids qui affirme aux esprits non prévenus le sérieux de l'auteur... Un des premiers "voix du silence" paru en même temps que votre article" ["... with the delay implied by the weight of the book, weight which affirms to unprejudiced minds the seriousness of the author... One of the first 'voices of silence' published at the same time as your article"] while praising the friendship of his benevolent correspondent: " ... je serais étonné de n'avoir à "Arts" que des amis ; vous avez pris parti. Ce que je ne tiens pas pour sans importance - et n'oublie pas..." ["... I would be surprised to have only friends at 'Arts'; you have taken sides. Which I do not consider unimportant - and do not forget..."]
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Resistance member and participant in Combat, André Parinaud was a journalist, columnist, art critic and writer. From 1959 to 1967, he held the position of editor-in-chief of the important weekly Arts gathering the elite of French creation in all artistic fields: literature, painting, theatre, cinema... He then conducted more than 1000 radio interviews with the greatest writers and artists including Salvador Dali, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Colette, Paul Léautaud, André Breton, Georges Simenon and André Malraux... While continuing to work for O.R.T.F. and radio, he founded several festivals or artistic events such as The International Festival of Art Film, the National Academy of Street Arts.