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Article: Jerome Lindon.(Jerome Lindon, France's pioneer of new writing, died on April 9th, aged 75)(Obituary)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2001
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IT IS anyone's guess what would have become of Samuel Beckett had his novel "Malloy" not been accepted for publication in 1950 by Jerome Lindon. Perhaps he would have given up. The Nobel prize for literature that he was to win in 1969 would have gone to someone else. "Waiting for Godot", perhaps the most influential play of the past 50 years, would never have been staged. Beckett recalled that he and his wife Suzanne had had a coffee and a cigarette at a nearby cafe before calling on Mr Lindon at his office in Paris's Left Bank. "Malloy" had been turned down by seven publishers. Beckett said this would be the last attempt to sell words that no one seemed to want to buy. ...
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