Simone de BEAUVOIR. Autograph manuscript of an interview, [O - Lot 198

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Simone de BEAUVOIR. Autograph manuscript of an interview, [O - Lot 198
Simone de BEAUVOIR. Autograph manuscript of an interview, [Où en est la révolution cubaine ?], [in early April 1960], with L.A.S. to be sent to a typist; 20 and a half pages in-4 with erasures and corrections, on squared paper. Answers to an interview on the Cuban revolution, on his return from his stay of more than a month in Cuba. Beauvoir's remarks, numbered from 1 to 19, correspond to questions by Claude Julien; the interview will be published in France-Observateur on April 7, 1960. The reality of the Cuban revolution is "richer, more complex, more exciting" than Beauvoir imagined: "The French and foreign press has put a lot of emphasis on the romantic, improvised, disorderly character it lent to this revolution; it seemed to me from afar to be very sympathetic, but not very serious. In Havana, I met very thoughtful, very competent people who are very aware of the problems they face; they are young, it's true, but they are aware of it [...] they remedy this inexperience with a lot of work and reflection. The veterans of the rebel army wear beards and often long hair, they keep their uniforms even though they are ministers: their appearance somewhat baffles Europeans and North Americans, but it does not respond to any quirks, [...] any intellectual or moral disorder. I met Che Guevarra; there is a surprising contrast between the solemn bank where he is installed, and Che Guevarra, with his long hair, his little beard, his beret, and his air of extreme youth. But I noticed that he answered all the questions with great competence: the solidity of his presentations struck me. I spoke with him for only two or three hours, and I am obviously not a specialist; but I was told that he amazed the specialists themselves; [...] he discusses the trade treaties with a precision and intelligence generally superior to those of his interlocutors and it is he who ends up putting them in his pocket.... She recounts their first contact with Fidel Castro, and the "frigh
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