Thursday 7 March, at 12.00, the Biblioteca delle Oblate in Florence opens the Contemporary room named after Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual, patron of the arts.
A prominent figure among les grandes animators de Parisand gratin European. Le Monde he defined her as "the quintessential European writer, refined, cultured, polyglot". In the 30s she was part of the Jury of the prestigious Prix Femina. During the Second World War he works for Free France and the International Red Cross, and collaborates with Tricolor mission. In 1950 he received the honor of Knight of the Legion of Honour like femme de lettres on the proposal of the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman; in 1953 the Médaille d'Argent de la Ville de Paris; in 1960, in Palazzo Vecchio, the high honor of Commander of the Italian Republic on the proposal of the President of the Republic "for literary merits and for the attachment shown to our country".
In the 50s and 60s, when Florence rediscovers its creativity, artisan dynamism, taste for elegance, Violet Trefusis animates a cosmopolitanism that makes the city the obligatory passage throughout Europe, and her beautiful Villa dell'Ombrellino on the Bellosguardo hill becomes the reference point for the most interesting personalities cultural, artistic and political world.
The Municipality of Florence, recognizing the cultural value of Violet Trefusis and its deep bond with the city of Giglio, pays homage to it with the naming of the Contemporary Room of the Oblate Library. The Authorities, the Gonfalone di Firenze, the citizens and the Press will take part in the inauguration ceremony.
