F. Scott Fitzgerald Society Home & News

Continued from home page

in their lives, the Fitzgeralds did enjoy Annecy and its beautiful lake in 1931. They also probably visited, or at least heard of, nearby Aix-les-Bains since Scott mentions it briefly in Tender Is the Night. The conference directors intend to organize a cruise on the lake of Annecy, an especially beautiful way to view the area, which should also enable us to view the Fitzgeralds' hotels on the shore. We will then be free to explore the old town dominated by its medieval castle. A

steps of all the successive visitors who, ever since Roman times, have come to stay in the small Alpine town famous for its thermal baths, whether it be romantic poet Lamartine, the Bonaparte family, Queen Victoria, George the First from Greece or Pierpont Morgan. Its Roman, Belle Epoque and Art Déco sites are proofs of its long tradition as a relaxing and fashionable place.

After this busy conference program, some might then consider prolonging their French visit with a stay in Paris, which will be easy thanks to the numerous (more than twenty) daily fast-train connections (two hours by TGV train). The South is another easy destination from Lyon: Marseille and Montpellier for instance are a 1h45min TGV ride away.

But we hope to make Lyon and the Rhône-Alpes area the highlight of your stay in France. We are looking forward to welcoming you.
“Amicalement,”
Elisabeth Bouzonviller, Marie-Agnès Gay, Laura Rattray and Catherine Delesalle

“1931”
“[...] But we went to Annecy for two weeks in summer, and said at the end that we'd never go there again because those weeks had been perfect and no other time could match them.”
Zelda Fitzgerald. “Show Mr. And Mrs. F. to Number——”. Zelda Fitzgerald: The Collected Writings. M. J. Bruccoli (ed.). London: Little Brown and Co, 1992, p. 429.

Lyon 2011

The 11th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference Held in Lyon, July 4-9, 2011