ROLLAND (Romain). Set of 4 letters and cards. - Lot 156

ROLLAND (Romain). Set of 4 letters and cards. Autograph letter signed. "Wednesday, March 19" [1902]. Includes biobibliographical notes on him from his time at the École de Rome to the rehearsal of his play Quatorze juillet and the completion of his drama Le Temps viendra. - 2 autograph cards signed to publisher Maurice Delamain. May 23 and June 5, 1931. On his introduction to the French translation of KURATA Hyakuzô's Le Prêtre et ses disciples, which MATSUO Kuni and Émile Steinilber-Oberlin would eventually publish with Editions Rieder. Romain Rolland also mentions the Greek poet Costis Palamas. " ... I understand all too well what you're telling me about the current crisis... However, in your decision, weigh not only literary judgments, but those of philosophical and religious thought. The work in question is part of MY ASIAN INVESTIGATION - WORLDWIDE - OF THE CURRENT VALUES THAT REVIGORATE PEOPLES, - in the same way as my Ramakrishna and Vivekananda...". - Autograph letter signed in two places, addressed to Henri Barbusse. November 28, 1931. Here are a few lines for your circular... "THE POLITICAL PRISON IS THE PRISON OF THE IDEA. Peoples tolerate it, insofar as they are enslaved. And THE WORST enslaved people ARE THE VOLUNTARY enslaved people"... "