Correspondance Paul Claudel-Henri Guillemin

From 1940 onward, Henri Guillemin (1903-1992) was a propagandist for Paul ­Claudel’s work. It was only in 1968, after ­Claudel’s death, that he published his study, Le « Converti » Paul Claudel, where he distances himself from a certain orthodox critical response to Claudel. The correspondence that Guillemin presents, ­consisting of sixty two letters–plus a report about a personal encounter and little-known secrets–allows us to take a more careful look at a ­complex relationship while letting us appreciate ­Claudel’s exceedingly significant voice.