Saint John Perse Foundation
Cultural Cultural leisure activities, Cultural centre Artist residency Exhibition space
Presentation
Without a direct heir, Saint-John Perse and his American wife Dorothy, gave the city of Aix-en-Provence all of their collections in 1975. Saint-John Perse was sensitive to the cultural and academic reputation of Aix-en-Provence, among other things
The Saint John Perse Foundation conserves and exhibits the collections bequeathed to the city of Aix en Provence in 1975 by the poet who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1960.
Alexis Leger, a leading European diplomat, was born in Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, in 1887 and died in Giens in 1975 he is better known by the pen-name Saint John Perse. These collections comprise more than 15,000 documents.
The Foundation holds regular exhibitions to display this heritage. The Foundation includes a research library, a museum, a publishing house, and an open area for all forms of art illustrating poetic creation: meetings with writers, exhibitions of contemporary art, lectures, talks and conferences.
Alexis Leger, a leading European diplomat, was born in Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, in 1887 and died in Giens in 1975 he is better known by the pen-name Saint John Perse. These collections comprise more than 15,000 documents.
The Foundation holds regular exhibitions to display this heritage. The Foundation includes a research library, a museum, a publishing house, and an open area for all forms of art illustrating poetic creation: meetings with writers, exhibitions of contemporary art, lectures, talks and conferences.
Accessible for disabled
Opening period (s)All year round on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Practical information
- Price :
- Free
- Parking :
- Parking nearby
- Visits :
- you can visit it
- Park :
- Park
Facilities, services, amenities
- Individual tour services :
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Entertainment :
- Temporary exhibition
- Shop :
- Shop
Tarifs
Free of charge.
Contact
Saint John Perse Foundation
8-10 rue des Allumettes
13100
Aix-en-Provence
Phone : +33 4 42 91 98 85
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Destination
Fondation Saint-John Perse
8-10 rue des Allumettes
13100
Aix-en-Provence
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 43.523926
Longitude : 5.439128