Influential French poet and playwright (1880-1918) credited with coining the word ‘surrealism,’ writing some of the earliest works to be described as such. Very rare ALS in French, signed "Guillaume Apollinaire," one page on a 5.25 x 3.5 postcard, no date but circa 1916. Letter to Carol Berard, penned during Apollinaire's convalescence at a hospital in Paris after suffering a serious shrapnel wound to the temple while fighting in World War I. In full (translated): "Dear Sir, My sincere thanks for the good wishes you address me." The reverse is also addressed in Apollinaire's hand, incorporating his given Polish name in the return address area, "Sous lieutenant G. de Kostrowiky. Hopital Italien, 41 Quai d'Orsay. Paris." In fine condition. Apollinaire would never fully recover from the wound, and he died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 at age 38.
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