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René Blum & the Ballets Russes
In Search of a Lost Life
By Chazin-Bennahum, Judith
- ISBN
- 978-0-19539-933-2
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on May 1, 2011
Unlike his French prime minister brother, Léon, René Blum (1878–1941) spent his life in a cultural rather than political milieu. As editor of the literary journal Gil Blas, he was acquainted with the likes of Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Claude Debussy, Paul Valéry, and Marcel Proust. A man of arts as well as letters, Blum was a theatrical manager whose forte was producing and promoting dance....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
