At the time of the centenary of the death of Marcel Proust, great report on the lands of his childhood in Eure-et-Loir, in the town of Illiers-Combray, one hour from Paris. The opportunity to meet both his Japanese translator, his American biographer, two specialist writers and finally visit the Hotel “Le Swann”, so named in homage to one of the main characters of the work. In Search of Lost Timewith the director of this literary establishment.
Guided tour of the family home in Illiers-Combray who inspired the first sentence of his work “I went to bed early for a long time,” with Virginie Riché Pierre, director general of the services of the town hall of Illiers-Combray.
Meetings with William Carter, American Biographer by Marcel Proust, and Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa, his Japanese translator.
Exchanges with the essayist and biographer Evelyne Bloch-Dano, author of numerous works devoted to Proust, of which she lists, among other things, the geographical universe in “My Writers’ Houses” (Stock).
And the writer Laure Hillerin who published “Proust for laughs” (Flammarion).
And finally, this program “In the footsteps of Marcel Proust” ends in Paris at the Hotel “Le Swann”the first literary hotel entirely dedicated to the life and work of the novelist, founded by the enthusiast and collector Jacques Letertre.