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London, April 29 (ANI): Marilyn Monroe fans can soon get a glimpse of the intellectual in her, thanks to the upcoming publication of her hitherto unseen diaries.

Readers can lay their hands on Monroe’s notes, which include poetry, musing on the renaissance and even a recipe for stuffing, as the collection is published by French publisher Bernard Comment and American house Straus and Giroux in October.Anna Strasberg, widow of Lee Strasberg who was Monroe’s friend and acting instructor, inherited the diaries after the star’s death in 1962.

The book, titled “Fragments”, sheds light on Monroe’s frustration with being cast as a sex object.

“There is a certain melancholy tone throughout the book, and what is very beautiful in some of the notes is the way you see the association between ideas, even if they are quite scattered all over the page,” the Telegraph quoted Comment, editor at Editions du Seuil, as saying.

He added: “They go in all directions and it can be sometimes quite difficult to find order within the fragments.”

Talking about Monroe’s writing, Comment said: “I think that not only did she enjoy, but she also felt the need (to write), to sort out her life and try to put down the extremely acute feelings that she could have in reaction to certain situations.”

Some of the jottings date from as early as 1943 but most were penned from 1951 to 1962.

Comment said: “(Her writing) helps to illuminate her character and gives her an intellectual and literary substance that many people did not suspect.”

Courtney Hodell, an executive editor at the US publishing house, added: “She was a great reader and someone with real writing flair.

“There are fragments of poetry that are really quite beautiful, lines that stop you in your tracks.” (ANI)