Drink from the source

FIRST EDITION enhanced with an autographed inscription signed by the author to Marcel Arland.Jules Supervielle was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on January 16, 1884, to French parents. A few months later, the Supervielle family returned to France for a vacation that proved tragic: both parents died within a week, probably poisoned by water.Young Jules returned to Uruguay with his uncle and had a happy childhood, surrounded by his cousins. At the age of ten, he was sent to high school in Paris. He began writing poetry and became friends with Jean Paulhan.Supervielle returned to Uruguay during World War II (1939-45). Back in France again, he continued to write but was hampered by health problems. He died on May 17, 196, five years after receiving the Grand Prix de l'Académie française (in 1955).He defined his poetry as follows: "To make the ineffable familiar to us while preserving its fabulous roots."