443. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980) French author and philosopher who was awarded and refused the Nobel Prize for Literature, author of No Exit, Nausea, and The Flies. Scarce good content A.L.S. on lightly-lined graph paper, 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d.], in French to "Gerald", probably his translator, Gerald Hopkins. In part: "...So you don't seem to be having such a shitty time. That's good. It's the first time you have been away from us for so long and you seem fine: all the better; it's great progress. Maybe the little girls are somewhat helpful. That's great and hurray for little girls. The two of us [Simone de Beauvoir?] and Arlette [his adopted daughter] went to Austria. We had six days of rain...Ely met us at Lucerne and we went back to Paris by car. It was great. I just left Arlette who was nervous. But your mother is very well...The Beaver [Beauvoir] and I are leaving tomorrow for Florence and Rome...Goodbye my little Gerald. Write to me, I will answer..." Near fine, matted with a photo and simply framed. $700-900