Marcel Proust is an integral part of the history of the Ritz Paris, so it's only natural that his luxurious quarters remain intact. This Prestige Suite faithfully replicates the celebrated author's refined universe completed with a rich library, precious souvenirs and period furniture.
The library
As a voracious reader, Marcel Proust loved to live surrounded by the books he loved.
Many of them were by luminaries of the Grand Siècle of course, but his collection included other more recent authors of incomparable style such as Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas and Edgar Allen Poe.
The first loyal patron
of the Ritz Paris
Marcel Proust was present at the hotel's inauguration and he soon chose the Ritz Paris as his preferred observatory of Parisian life.
His friendship with the maître d'hôtel Olivier Dabescat became legendary: the author immortalized his friend as Aimé at the Grand Hôtel de Balbec in "In search of lost time".
Naturally, Marcel Proust chose to celebrate receiving the Goncourt literary prize with a party in the salons on the hotel's first floor.
A Prestige Suite where souvenirs of the great filmmaker mingle with a noble, neoclassical décor.
