Maison de Balzac
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| Location | 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard, Paris, France |
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The Maison de Balzac (English: Balzac's House) is a
The modest house, with its courtyard and garden, is located within the residential district of
Balzac's five-room apartment was located on the top floor, at three levels, and as today opened into the garden. Here he edited
The museum also contains an 1842
Since 1971, the house's ground floor has contained a library of the author's manuscripts, original and subsequent editions, illustrations, books annotated and signed by Balzac, books devoted to Balzac, and other books and magazines of the period.
In 2012, Balzac's House was renovated in order to meet current standards and now has a more modern appearance.
The house is also notable for underlying cavities which have been identified by pottery shards as former troglodyte dwellings dated to the time of the late Middle Ages.[2] These excavations, however, are not open to the public.
Balzac's House is one of the 14 City of Paris' Museums that have been incorporated since January 1, 2013, in the public institution Paris Musées.
On July 23, 2019, the museum reopened, after work carried out on its unchanged site, with accessibility for people with disabilities, the creation of a café and a reception area and the redevelopment of the garden and the permanent route.[3]
In order to highlight the museum, a Balzac prize is created in 2021 on the initiative of the mayor of the 16th arrondissement Francis Szpiner. The journalist and writer Pierre Assouline was chosen to preside over the jury which aims to reward “a work of contemporary fiction written not 'in the manner of Balzac' but in which we recognize the Balzacian imprint on the author”.[4]
Theater at the Maison de Balzac
- 1993: The Muse of the Department
- 1994 and 1999: Letters of Two Brides
- 1998: Eugenie Grandet or history of a still life
- 2012: Seraphita, adapted and directed by Ouriel Zohar, with Barbara Heman
See also
References
- ^ "Maison de Balzac - Paris tourist office". Paris Info. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "The history of the museum | Maison de Balzac". Maison de Balzac. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "A Paris, la Maison de Balzac rouvre après un an de travaux". Franceinfo (in French). 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ « Création du "prix Balzac" », interview de Pierre Assouline, Paris 16 Le Mag, magazine d'information de la mairie du 16e arrondissement, n°8, septembre 2021, p. 24-25.