MAETERLINCK, Maurice (1862-1949)
Autograph card signed “Maeterlinck” to Edouard Dujardin
Lisbon, 3rd April 1940, 1 page in-8
“Let’s wait for less barbaric times”
Fact sheet
MAETERLINCK, Maurice (1862-1949)
Autograph card signed “Maeterlinck” to Edouard Dujardin
Lisbon, 3rd April 1940, 1 page in-8
Old paper clip mark, a few ink stains, notes from another hand on the back
Card from Maeterlinck, then a refugee in Portugal in the middle of World War II
“C’est seulement aujourd’hui 3 avril que je reçois votre mot daté du 27 mars. Je suis au Portugal depuis 6 mois et compte y rester jusqu’à la fin de la guerre. Je voulais vous dire combien j’aurais été heureux de vous revoir à Nice. Attendons des temps moins barbares.
Bien affectueusement [à] vous
Maeterlinck”
Maurice Maeterlinck is a Belgian writer, a figure of symbolism, he remains today famous for his melodrama Pelléas et Mélisandre (1892), the summit of the symbolist theater set to music by Debussy in 1902.
In Lisbon, Maeterlinck sailed for the United States, where he landed on 12 July 1940. He was not to return to France until 1947.