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Saturday 21 September, 15:30Passed
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Duration 1h.
September 2024
Saturday 21
15:30 - 16:30

Maison Senghor - Verson

150 rue du Général Leclerc, 14790 Verson
  • Calvados
  • Normandie

Show: narrated reading "Man who planted trees"

In the park of the Senghor property, Les Lecteurs d'un soir interprets “The man who planted trees” by Jean Giono.
Saturday 21 September, 15:30Passed
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Duration 1h.
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In the park of the Senghor property, Les Lecteurs d'un soir interprets “The man who planted trees” by Jean Giono. Jean Giono wrote this short story in 1953 to make people love to plant trees. Many schoolchildren read it one day, like a tale. Today, it has become a strong symbol of actions to be carried out on a fragile land. By the One-Night Readers.

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About the location

Maison Senghor - Verson
150 rue du Général Leclerc, 14790 Verson
  • Calvados
  • Normandie
This mansion dates back to the 19th century. It belonged to Léopold Sédar Senghor’s wife, Colette Hubert, whom he married in second marriage on 18 October 1956\. In 1960, he became President of Senegal. Nevertheless, the couple became accustomed to spend their summer holidays in Verson in the family house. In 1980, Senghor left the presidency of Senegal and settled permanently in France. Upon his retirement, he split his time between Paris and Verson. The calm of the Norman countryside quickly prevailed and he left Verson more and more rarely, where he found inspiration and wrote many poems. In 1995, Léopold Sédar Senghor inaugurated the Espace Senghor. The city of Verson always strives to convey the values dear to the poet-president: the dialogue of cultures, the civilization of the Universal, the Francophonie… particularly in its cultural programming.
Léopols Sedar Senghor died in Verson on 20 December 2001\. His wife Colette died on 18 November 2019 at her home in Verson. She is bur
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Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres