Center Jean Giono

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The Center Jean Giono on Boulevard Elemir Bourges in the center of Manosque is an 18th century mansion and now a cultural center that keeps the memory of the writer Jean Giono alive. There is an exhibition on Giono, a temporary exhibition and a cultural program that is not only reserved for literature.

function

The cultural center is supported by the Les Amis de Jean Giono Foundation, which also manages the Gionos house above the city on Mont d'Or , the Maison Paraïs , which can also be visited. Giono lived up there for 40 years with his wife and his two daughters grew up in the house. Almost all of his literary works were created there. It still houses its extensive library of over 8,000 books as well as a large collection of correspondence, photos and manuscripts. The foundation has been based here since 1985.

The publishers association Éditeurs du Sud is also based in the Centro Jean Giono . It was founded in 2002 under the name Éditeurs sans frontières by a dozen publishers from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , as a lobby group and network to publishers, booksellers and foreign customers for the purpose of assigning and acquiring rights, exporting works, as well Co-productions. In 2012 the logo and the objective were changed. Since then, the focus has been on cooperation and the development of the publishing business within France.

history

The building of the cultural center was the first villa built outside the city walls between 1883 and 1886. The archive documents of the city of Manosque do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the exact date. But there is a neighborhood conflict over a stinking pile of dung, which was triggered by the builder of the house. Before, there were gardens and stables on the site. The builder and owner was Jean de Raffin (1742–1826), at the time the villa was built, mayor of the city, former cavalry officer and participant in the Battle of Minden , where he lost his horse, and all other military conflicts during the Seven Years' War . After the war he had no more opportunities to make a career in the military. So he resigned from military service with the rank of cornet and returned to his hometown. In his various political offices, he quickly achieved good positions in several bodies and was considered influential.

In 1990 the city of Manosque bought the building from the heirs of Auberg-Millot and extensively renovated it. In particular, the interior as well as the design with regionally typical tomettes and carpentry work from the time the house was built are particularly praised. It had come into the possession of this family in 1940 after the Beauchamp and Herbès families had lived here. In 1992 the cultural center was made available to the Amis de Jean Giono by the city of Manosque . Since then it has been set up as a memorial. In addition to the work of a conservatory, something new is also created here (“un lieu d'animations et de créations”).

The Museum of the Center Jean Giono is part of the Passeport des musées des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence network , which issues its own museum pass.

Web links

Commons : Center Jean Giono  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Éditeurs du Sud , Agence régionale du Livre Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Aix-en-Provence
  2. ^ Nadia Ventre: Manosque: le Center Giono change de chapitre. In: La Marseillaise.fr, December 12, 2016
  3. ↑ Annales des Basses-Alpes: bulletin de la Société scientifique et littéraire des Basses-Alpes , Société scientifique et littéraire des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Paris, December 1909, page 428 (French)
  4. ^ Raffin, famille bourgeoise à Manosque. In: Anciennes familles de Provence , site généalogique (French)
  5. ^ Son histoire , homepage of the Center Jean Giono .
  6. ↑ Réseaux et partenaires .

Coordinates: 43 ° 49 ′ 52 "  N , 5 ° 47 ′ 2"  E