A remarkable grouping of three prominent 20th-century intellectual figures, each inscribing and signing in ink on a single album page.
At the top, Sigrid Undset (1882–1949), Norwegian novelist and 1928 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has boldly signed and dated “Nov. 18th 1940.” Undset, best known for her medieval trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter, was forced to flee Nazi-occupied Norway in 1940 and lived in exile in the United States during World War II.
Below her, Norman Angell (1872–1967), British author, politician, and 1933 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has signed and dated “23 March 1941.” Angell gained fame for his influential anti-war work The Great Illusion, which argued that economic interdependence made warfare futile.
Affixed to the same page is a separate card signed by Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), Russian Marxist revolutionary, writer, and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Education. His inscription reads: “A. Lunacharsky / Genève / 14.V.1932.”
Together, these three signatures form a compelling historical ensemble linking literature, politics, and revolutionary thought during one of the most turbulent decades of the 20th century.
Light toning and age wear, otherwise in fine condition.
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