[Jean TORTEL-Jean René LAPLAYNE] Set of 4 autographed books: - De mon vivant. Les cahiers du Sud, Marseille, 1942. Copy dedicated to Marie-Thérèse Sauze (wife of Jean René Laplayne), justified 439/500. - Les villes ouvertes. Gallimard NRF, 1965. Copy dedicated to Jean René Laplayne and justified 1287/2200. - Paroles du poème suivi du corps véritable. Robert Laffont, Paris, 1946. Copy dedicated to Jean René Laplayne and justified 239/1560 (hors commerce). - Le mur du ciel. Robert Laffont, Paris, 1946. Wear, pitting, tears. Provenance: former Jean-René Laplayne collection. Jean-René Laplayne (real name Jean-Dominique Chiocca), was a journalist, editorial writer and former editor-in-chief of the Marseilles newspaper Le Provençal, then of La Corse from 1989. He had been writing poetry since his youth, and knew Aragon, Éluard and Joë Bousquet. LAPLAYNE also wrote for Cahiers du Sud, a literary magazine founded by the poet Jean Ballard.