Nov 26, 2013 - Sale 2333

Sale 2333 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 910
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WRITERS--AMERICAN.) Group of 7 letters to Greek translator Konstantinos Lardas, most concerning Greek poet Nikos Gatsos. Together 7 pages. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1964-65

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Arthur Miller. TNS: ". . . I'm glad you're interested in [Gatsos]--he's a fine man and a great poet." Np, nd Lillian Hellman (2). Brief TLsS, thanking for Gatsos poem and stating that she has only had personal correspondence with him. New York, December 7, 1964; 11 February 1965 Elia Kazan (2). TLsS, stating that Gatsos is his "best friend east of New York," and recalling a dinner with him in Greece. Np, 13 November 1964; 1 April 1965 Gore Vidal (2). TLsS, suggesting the names of two people familiar with Gatsos as a youth and offering to recommend his poetry to New Yorker editor Howard Moss. With the original envelopes. Rome, 15 February; 8 March 1965.