The Seeds of Fiction (61 page)

Bernard Diederich with Graham in his flat in Antibes, 1989 this was the last time the two men met before Graham's death in 1991.

Graham and Yvonne Cloetta, his partner, having lunch at Chez Félix au Port in Antibes

Bernard Diederich, Yvonne Cloetta and Graham's publisher Max Reinhardt at the memorial service for Graham at Westminster Cathedral, London, 6 June 1991

Yvonne Cloetta at Graham's grave at Corseaux Cemetery, Vevey, Switzerland; Graham died there on 3 April 1991.

Jean-Claude Bajeux lecturing on ‘La Métaphysique du Mal Chez Graham Greene' in Haiti in 1995; having left the priesthood he subsequently served as Minister of Culture in the post-Duvalier government.

In September 2001 Bernard Diederich was invited to give a presentation at Graham Greene's alma mater, Berkhamsted School, as part of the annual Graham Greene International Festival. The title of the talk was ‘Graham Greene: Among Demons and Dictators'.

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First published in Great Britain 2012
© Bernard Diederich 2012
Foreword © Pico Iyer 2012
Introduction © Richard Greene 2012

Previously unpublished material by Graham Greene © Verdant SA 2012

Extracts from the published works of Graham Greene
(The Comedians, The Quiet American, Travels With My Aunt, A Burnt-Out Case, Ways of Escape, Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement, The Captain and the Enemy, In Search of a Character: Two African Journals, Dr Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party)
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