Proust's Last House
During Dean Gustafson's visit to Paris last winter, he visited several of Proust's residences, and sent the drawings that appeared in our
second issue. The one he never found, however, was Proust's last house on rue Hamelin.
When the gracious Jane Martin went to Paris last month, she offered to take photos for me. This apartment was too small for Marcel, and he had not expected to stay there very long; unfortunately, he was to die here only a few years later in his res
idence on the sixth floor.
Proust's last house is now the Union Hotel. On the second floor above the main entrance is a plaque bearing the following inscription: "Marcel Proust moved here in October 1919. He died here on 18 November 1922."
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