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| Pierre Loti, born Julien Viaud in Rochefort in 1850, was a naval officer, a great traveller and novelist. He entered naval school in 1870, and from then on never stopped travelling the world by ship. It was in 1872 in Tahiti that he received the nickname Loti (a tropical flower), that become his pen-name in 1876. He ended his life in the Basque Country, where he died in Hendaye en 1923. After a national funeral service, his body was buried, according to his wishes, in Saint-Pierre d’Oléron |
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 His Works
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| The travels of Pierre Loti around the world provided material for his writing. He wrote ‘Le mariage de Loti’ in Tahiti, then published ‘Aziyadé’ after a spell in Turkey in 1877. Senegal inspired him to write ‘Le roman d’un Spahi’ in 1881, and Japan inspired ‘Madame Chrysanthème’ in 1887. The same year he published the famous ‘Pêcheur d’Islande’ (An Iceland Fisherman), then ‘Ramuntcho’ among other works ten years later, and ‘Les derniers jours de Pékin’ in 1902, after a stay in Asia. |
La Maison de Pierre Loti (Pierre Loti’s House) |
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The writer organised memorable parties in the house of his birth in Rochefort, which he furnished accordingly. Staging himself, he transformed the building into a theatrical place to which some of the great names of his era were invited. Gothic, Renaissance, Oriental and Far Eastern styles rub shoulders. It remains today a house filled with magic and the exotic. Visits upon reservation by calling (+33) 05 46 99 16 88. |
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