USSR - LITERATURE - Valentin KATAEV(1897-1986, Ukrainian wri - Lot 283

USSR - LITERATURE - Valentin KATAEV(1897-1986, Ukrainian writer of the Soviet Era) / Letter in Russian autograph signed, 2 p in-4 (2 separate sheets), Hôtel de Paris letterhead in Monte-Carlo, [April 1966], to illustratorJean EFFEL(1908-1982, author of the animated film "La Création du Monde", highly appreciated and well-known communist militant in the USSR): The Bolshoi of Moscow has the idea of staging a ballet based on Jean Effel's creation "The Creation of the World", with Valentin Kataev writing the libretto - he would like to know his opinion on the subject and whether he could come and execute the sets in 1967 / Joint: Translation ofValentin KATAEV's letter byGala BARBISAN (1904-1982, Russian patron of the arts and salon owner, creator of the Prix Médicis), 2 pages in-8 in her handwriting, letterhead at her Paris address of 20 rue Corot (this was the Montmartre house where she held her literary salon, a house previously occupied by Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo, and which in 1989 became the home of Bernard Buffet) / Joint: The original typescript of Jean Effel's reply, 2 p in-4, April 29, 1966 (Jean Effel makes a huge mistake: having misread and misunderstood Gala Barbisan's letter, he addresses it to a "Madame Valentine Rataev").