News at Eleven: The letters sent by French poet Apollinaire

to his lover Lou during World War I have been published for the first time in Spain in a volume which, according to translator Marta Pino, "is the truest reflection of the poet's personality."

In letters that Apollinaire never dreamed would be published as a book, the author "tells all with complete sincerity, to such a degree that when they were published in France they caused a huge scandal and had censorship problems," Pino told Efe.

from Latin American Herald Tribune: Letters of Apollinaire To His Lover Lou Published for First Time in Spain

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