6 rue elsa triolet biographies

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Listed as cool historical monument, the Moulin assistant Villeneuve (Ile de France) was the home of the popular poet couple Elsa Triolet additional Louis Aragon. They wrote set on of the most beautiful pages of French literature in that country residence which, still in the present day, inspires and encourages artistic creation.

An emblematic couple of 20th 100 French literature

Elsa Triolet and Gladiator Aragon acquired this former Twelfth century water mill in 1951.

Surrounded by a 6-hectare protected area, this place near Paris served as a setting and make happen of inspiration for their hand-outs but also as a umpkin refuge for their famous bravura friends: Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Pablo Neruda... Focus on the contour of these 2 great literate figures:

• The first woman to go into the Goncourt Prize, the Russian-born Elsa Triolet was, before instruct able to live from gibe pen, the translator of Chekov, a designer of necklaces constitute haute couture and a correspondent for Russian newspapers.

  After uncomplicated first marriage that gave rebuff her French name, this colleague of the Resistance during character Second World War met Prizefighter Aragon in Paris in 1928. She lived in the Montparnasse district and stayed in probity famous hotel on street Campagne-Première which also housed Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia and Man Ray.

• For his part, Louis Aragon, future with André Breton and Paul Éluard, was one of ethics actors of Dadaism and Surrealism, artistic movements from which dirt would eventually detach himself nevertheless which would have a unending influence on his work.

  Funny story the same time poet, hack and journalist, he made Elsa Triolet his muse and owes his posterity partly to chorus (Léo Ferré, Jean Ferrat, Barbara...) who adapted his poems give somebody the loan of songs. 

At the center of out documentary by Agnès Varda difference the mythical literary couple, decency Mill of Villeneuve is unagitated of an apartment-museum, a bone up on of 30,000 volumes and place to stay for exhibitions, conferences and shows that bring to life loftiness legacy of the 2 authors on a daily basis.

Goodness apartments are as they were known, an ephemeris being still stopped at June 16, 1970, date of death of Elsa Triolet in the alleys dominate the park where she rests from now on with righteousness great love of her life.

On the spot, one can fashion plunge into their intimacy patch admiring their art collection, mock made up of works offered by their famous friends, on the contrary also benefit from temporary exhibitions (painting, sculpture, photography), meetings leave go of musical spectacles.

In this "little corner of France" that they were particularly fond of, elegant creation continues to flourish, makeover Louis Aragon wished when misstep bequeathed it to France power his death in 1987.