Alphonse BOUDARD
"... si c'était Beckett ! Hélas... le petit clan des snobs et de l'intelligentzia fait la loi, le bon goût et la réputation..."
Bristol manuscript addressed to his great friend, the Brussels journalist, also a great friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, André Tillieu
S. n.|Paris 20 Septembre 1982|12.50 x 8 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Signed manuscript bristol of 17 lines by Alphonse Boudard, on a visiting card, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
A date and the mention "les enfants de choeur" written in black ballpoint pen at the top of the bristol.
Envelope enclosed.
"Vieux,
comme toujours ton papier me va droit au coeur. Et tu dis juste... si c'était Beckett ! Hélas... le petit clan des snobs et de l'intelligentzia fait la loi, le bon goût et la réputation... Les vendredis soir Louis Nucera part à la campagne faire du vélo et travailler à son roman. Le mieux, pour l'instant, serait d'arranger q.q. chose avec Aline. Moi je peux me rendre libre et je serai content de te voir. à bientôt donc. ton pote. ABoudard." ["Old friend, as always your piece goes straight to my heart. And you're right... if it were Beckett! Alas... the little clan of snobs and intelligentsia makes the law, good taste and reputation... On Friday evenings Louis Nucera goes to the countryside to cycle and work on his novel. The best thing, for now, would be to arrange something with Aline. I can make myself free and I'll be happy to see you. See you soon then. Your buddy. ABoudard."]
André Tillieu from Brussels, very close friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, maintained correspondence with Alphonse Boudard for almost thirty years, from 1972 until the latter's death in 2000.
The Parisian satirical writer very quickly showed him his friendship, considering him as one of the rare critics to understand him perfectly to the point of clearly explaining in his reviews what he himself expressed only incompletely and sometimes confusedly in his books.
André Tillieu thus became part of the small circle of Alphonse Boudard's true friends alongside Gros Georges (Georges Brassens), le Niçois (Louis Nucéra) and René Fallet with whom he loved to share hearty well-watered meals and cycling trips. As death gradually took away his best friends one by one, André Tillieu remained one of Alphonse's very last buddies.
A date and the mention "les enfants de choeur" written in black ballpoint pen at the top of the bristol.
Envelope enclosed.
"Vieux,
comme toujours ton papier me va droit au coeur. Et tu dis juste... si c'était Beckett ! Hélas... le petit clan des snobs et de l'intelligentzia fait la loi, le bon goût et la réputation... Les vendredis soir Louis Nucera part à la campagne faire du vélo et travailler à son roman. Le mieux, pour l'instant, serait d'arranger q.q. chose avec Aline. Moi je peux me rendre libre et je serai content de te voir. à bientôt donc. ton pote. ABoudard." ["Old friend, as always your piece goes straight to my heart. And you're right... if it were Beckett! Alas... the little clan of snobs and intelligentsia makes the law, good taste and reputation... On Friday evenings Louis Nucera goes to the countryside to cycle and work on his novel. The best thing, for now, would be to arrange something with Aline. I can make myself free and I'll be happy to see you. See you soon then. Your buddy. ABoudard."]
André Tillieu from Brussels, very close friend and biographer of Georges Brassens, maintained correspondence with Alphonse Boudard for almost thirty years, from 1972 until the latter's death in 2000.
The Parisian satirical writer very quickly showed him his friendship, considering him as one of the rare critics to understand him perfectly to the point of clearly explaining in his reviews what he himself expressed only incompletely and sometimes confusedly in his books.
André Tillieu thus became part of the small circle of Alphonse Boudard's true friends alongside Gros Georges (Georges Brassens), le Niçois (Louis Nucéra) and René Fallet with whom he loved to share hearty well-watered meals and cycling trips. As death gradually took away his best friends one by one, André Tillieu remained one of Alphonse's very last buddies.
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