“He was deported from the port of Cobh on the s.s. ‘Washington’ on 29th September, 1937, and all his property, which included a razor, a stiletto, two birth certificates and one French passport, were handed over to the purser on the liner. On arrival at Le Havre, Artaud was sent to the Havre General Hospital in a strait-jacket. He was later transferred from that hospital to the Departmental Insane Asylum at Rouen. It is understood from the latest information available that this man is not in a fit condition to be questioned.”
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[The Dublin Review - ‘An absent-minded person of the student type’: Extracts from the Artaud file’
Number 1, Winter 2000-1]
