Writers in Tours

The atlas holds 3 people and 11 moments here, from 1799 to 1953. The most recorded lives are Honoré de Balzac, Charles de Gaulle and Le Corbusier.

Notable people

1. Honoré de Balzac

   from 1799 to 1837

   9 moments here

   French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

2. Charles de Gaulle

   in 1940

   1 moment here

   French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…

3. Le Corbusier

   in 1953

   1 moment here

   Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

Moments

1. 1799 Wet-nurse childhood Honoré de Balzac
2. 1799 Birth in Tours Honoré de Balzac
3. 1804 Pension Le Guay schooling Honoré de Balzac
4. 1813 Return to family Honoré de Balzac
5. 1825 Recurring refuge at Château de Saché Honoré de Balzac
6. 1832 Extended Saché stay Honoré de Balzac
7. 1834 Saché literary retreat Honoré de Balzac
8. 1836 June retreat at Saché Honoré de Balzac
9. 1837 Late-August recovery at Saché Honoré de Balzac
10. 1940 Anglo-French conference at Tours Charles de Gaulle
11. 1953 Enamel production at Luynes Le Corbusier

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