The screenplay was judged unsatisfactory for a film. Bernanos died on 5 July 1948. Subsequently, his literary executor, Albert Béguin, found this manuscript. To assist Bernanos' surviving family, Béguin sought to have the work published, and requested permission from von Le Fort for publication. In January 1949, she agreed, and donated her portion of the royalties due to her, as creator of the original story, over to Bernanos' widow and children. However, von Le Fort requested that the Bernanos work be titled differently from her own novella. Béguin chose "Dialogues des Carmélites" as the title for the Bernanos work, which was published in 1949. A German translation of the work, "" ("The Blessed Fear"), was published in 1951, and Zurich and Munich saw productions of "Die begnadete Angst" that year. The French stage premiere was by Jacques Hébertot in May 1952 at the Théâtre Hébertot.