La voix qui raconte ce souvenir est chenue mais la mémoire est vive.
Le poète Paul Fort était présent à l'enterrement d'Oscar Wilde, au cimetière des Bagneux, et son récit enregistré est exceptionnel car il y a très peu d'exemples de personnes contemporaines de Wilde qui aient aussi directement parlé de lui ou de son entourage.
Son témoignage est surtout marquant par ce qu'il dit de l'état dépressif de Lord Alfred Douglas et de ses pulsions suicidaires.
Pulsions qui n'ont rien de surprenantes quand on connait un peu le personnage et l'intensité du lien qui le liait à Wilde.
Charles Danzig |
Merci au wildien Charles Danzig d'avoir fait découvrir ce document rare dans un épisode de sa série d' émissions de radio France, Le Secret Professionnel consacré à Oscar Wilde
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Paul Fort 1928 |
The voice is hoary but the memory is still lively.The poet Paul Fort was present at the funeral of Oscar Wilde, in the cemetery of Bagneux, and his registered narrative is exceptional because there are very few examples of contemporary persons of Wilde who directly spoke about him or about his friends. His testimony is especially striking by what he states about Lord Alfred Douglas' depressive state ande suicidal drives.
Drives which have nothing surprising considering his character and the intensity of the link between him and Oscar Wilde.
It is merely a personal souvenir, necessarily subjective and selective, but it provides us unique opportunity to step back in time.
Many thanks to wildean Charles Danzig for having made public this rare document in an episode of his serie of radio broadcasts , Le Secret Professionnel, dedicated to Oscar Wilde.
(in French only)
Drives which have nothing surprising considering his character and the intensity of the link between him and Oscar Wilde.
It is merely a personal souvenir, necessarily subjective and selective, but it provides us unique opportunity to step back in time.
Many thanks to wildean Charles Danzig for having made public this rare document in an episode of his serie of radio broadcasts , Le Secret Professionnel, dedicated to Oscar Wilde.
(in French only)
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