Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Réponse à l’exposé du Parquet de la cour de Justice - 1950

Louis-Ferdinand Céline - "Response to the presentation of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Justice" - Mimeographed typescript - 1950 Extremely rare and complete document - 5 large format colored pages (34 x 22 cm) - Very good condition (slight tears in the margins) On February 21, 1950, Céline was sentenced by the Court of the Seine to a one-year prison sentence and national indignity. By this text, he defends himself from the accusations made to him, in particular about: - “Les Beaux Draps”: “At the time when this book was published, I knew nothing, absolutely nothing, of the Jewish deportations, or of any deportations. (…) I am a patriot, that's all. There will be no point in trying to pass me off as something else. » - “The School of Corpses”: He denounces a set-up by Maison Denoël. "I'm not proud, I admit, of the reissue of "The School of Corpses" in 43. Quite strange at the time that Robert Denoël asked me to reissue it. (…) Was he linked with the Resistance at this time to completely compromise me? ". Also Céline talks at length about the “Rouquès” affair. - His trip to Germany in 1942 - His letters to Lesstandi which would have been "arranged, fiddled with, distorted in every way" - The European Circle, the Franco-German books, etc. Céline ends her defense with: “That’s the truth, roughly and in detail. Nothing else ! » Neat shipment