Presented here in English translation are letters selected for publication by the poet himself, shortly before his death, from his wide correspondence with famous writers and public figures such as W. H. Auden, Francis and Katherine Biddle, Paul Claudel, Joseph Conrad, E. E. Cummings, Mina Curtiss, T. S. Eliot, Andre Gide, Dag Hammarskjold, Archiba

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. viii*Chronology And Abbreviations, pg. xxiii*List Of Illustrations, pg. xxv*LETTERS TO GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE MONOD (1906-1911), pg. 3*LETTERS TO JACQUES RIVIERE (1909-1922), pg. 37*LETTERS TO ALAIN-FOURNIER (1911-1912), pg. 113*LETTERS TO PAUL CLAUDEL (1906-1914), pg. 115*LETTERS TO GABRIEL FRIZEAU (1907-1909), pg. 139*LETTERS TO FRANCIS JAMMES (1906-1912), pg. 179*LETTERS TO ANDRE GIDE (1910-1914), pg. 192*LETTERS TO VALERY LARBAUD (1911-1925), pg. 222*LETTER TO GASTON GALLIMARD (1924), pg. 251*LETTER TO PHILIPPE BERTHELOT, pg. 255*LETTERS TO ALEXANDRE CONTY, pg. 265*LETTERS TO PAUL VALERY, pg. 277*LETTER TO DOCTOR BUSSIERE, pg. 282*LETTER TO JULES DAMOUR, pg. 284*LETTERS TO MADAME AMEDEE SAINT-LEGER LEGER (1917-1921), pg. 290*LETTER TO JOSEPH CONRAD, pg. 364*LETTER TO A EUROPEAN LADY, pg. 371*LETTER TO GUSTAVE-ADOLPHE MONOD, pg. 375*LETTER TO JACQUES RIVIERE, pg. 376*LETTER TO GUSTAVE-CHARLES TOUSSAINT, pg. 377*LETTER TO ANDRE GIDE, pg. 382*LETTERS TO MRS. FRANCIS BIDDLE (1940-1957), pg. 387*LETTERS TO FRANCIS BIDDLE (1942-1965), pg. 429*LETTERS TO MRS. ROBERT WOODS BLISS (1948-1953), pg. 440*LETTERS TO ARCHIBALD MACLEISH (1940-1960), pg. 444*LETTERS TO ROGER CAILLOIS (1942-1955), pg. 479*LETTERS TO ALLEN TATE (1944-1960), pg. 507*LETTERS TO MAX-POL FOUCHET (1947-1948), pg. 527*LETTERS TO LOUIS-MARCEL RAYMOND (1947-1966), pg. 537*LETTERS TO ADRIENNE MONNIER (1948), pg. 544*LETTERS TO ANDRE GIDE (1948-1949), pg. 551*LETTERS TO PAUL CLAUDEL (1948-1950), pg. 569*LETTER TO JULES SUPERVIELLE (1949), pg. 581*LETTERS TO JEAN PAULHAN (1949-1966), pg. 583*LETTERS TO G.-JEAN AUBRY (1949), pg. 603*LETTERS TO TAU. S. ELIOT (1949-1958), pg. 609*LETTER TO EPSILON. EPSILON. CUMMINGS (1949), pg. 615*LETTERS TO W. H. AUDEN (1949-1958), pg. 617*LETTERS TO MRS. HENRY TOMLINSON CURTISS (MUIOTANUALPHA CURTISS) (1951-1959), pg. 619*LETTERS TO ALAIN BOSQUET (1951-1955), pg. 650*LETTERS TO PIERRE GUERRE (1956-1964), pg. 658*LETTER TO HENRI PEYRE (!956), pg. 660*LETTER TO MONSIEUR HUGUES LE GALLAIS (I957), pg. 662*LETTERS TO DAG HAMMARSKJOLD (1958-1960), pg. 666*LETTER FOR MARK VAN DOREN (!959), pg. 671*LETTER TO ANDRE ROUSSEAUX ("959), pg. 673*LETTER TO MARIA MARTINS (1960), pg. 674*LETTER TO JUAN JOSE CASTRO (1960), pg. 677*LETTER TO MADAME KUMAR NEHRU (1961), pg. 679*LETTERS TO IGOR STRAVINSKY (1958-1962), pg. 680*INDEX, pg. 683