Two Typed Letters Signed about the translation of his poetry
Washington, D.C. 1944. These letters involve a French translation of his anti-war poem "The Young Dead Soldiers," a stirring anthem whereby deceased soldiers cry out with the hope they did not die in vain. Each letter is 1 page on Library of Congress letterhead, 10.5 x 8 inches, Washington, D.C. The first is written to Louis Dolivet, editor of the Free World, November 29, 1944, whereby MacLeish advises him (in part) that he received "a very touching letter...with an enclosed..... More