The Concept

Société des Hôtels Littéraires - Jacques Letertre

Jacques Letertre 
President

Société des Hôtels Littéraires - Alban Letertre

Alban Letertre 
General Manager

A Family Project

At the origin of the Hôtels Littéraire, there is a library! The one that Jacques Letertre, collector and bibliophile, has built over the years around his favorite writers.

With his son Alban, Jacques Letertre manages a group of characterful hotels. Together, they imagine decorating them around the universe of an author and displaying their family collection there: following the success of the venture, they create the Société des Hôtels Littéraires.

Société des Hôtels Littéraires - The Concept

What is a literary hotel?

Custom decoration

Libraries of 500 books

A Hotel-Museum

Living places

A personalized decoration

Each Hôtels Littéraire pays tribute to the life and work of a writer through an atmosphere that reinterprets the author's artistic universe and multiplies the nods capable of interesting and moving visitors during their stay.

The rooms are personalized around a character or a poem, a friend of the author or a beloved destination: its name is reflected inside by a chosen quote, an original watercolor by Jean Aubertin, and a book placed on the bedside table.

Which room will you choose? Sleep at the “Dame du Job” dear to Vialatte, with George Sand's heroine, Indiana, in the arms of Marcel Aymé's Vouivre, follow Rimbaud to "Ma Bohème," accompany Flaubert to Egypt, dream with Proust in Venice, or stroll with Stendhal on his Italian walks...?

Hôtel Littéraire Alexandre Vialatte décoration

Libraries of 500 Books

Five hundred books fill the multilingual libraries of each Hôtels Littéraire, inviting guests to (re)read the masterpieces of the greatest French writers.

A novel on the bedside table, a collection of poems at breakfast, a short story for the afternoon: here literature accompanies the traveler at every moment throughout their stay.

A Hotel-Museum

A collection of manuscripts and rare books

Each Hôtels Littéraire brings together, around its writer, a precious collection of original editions, art bindings, autograph letters, working manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and period objects…

Contemporary collections

In echo to this heritage, local and worldwide artists are invited to create contemporary works, as new interpretations of the author and their work.

Exhibitions

Living and ever-evolving, this collection is enriched, accessed by researchers, and travels thanks to loans granted for temporary exhibitions.

It is also the subject of thematic exhibitions within the Hôtels Littéraire, to better highlight its sometimes unpublished contents.

Hôtel Littéraire musée cabinet de curiosité

Living places

In addition to these exhibitions, the Hôtels Littéraire become cultural centers open to everyone, organizing literary evenings and award ceremonies, multiplying partnerships and meetings.

An online calendar lists these events and a blog offers various articles on the collections, interviews, and reading notes: to stay up to date with cultural events, subscribe to the monthly newsletter!

Société des Hôtels Littéraires - Living Places

Société des Hôtels Littéraires- Maison Littéraire George Sand

New

the Maison Littéraire George Sand

In 2026, the Société des Hôtels Littéraires is launching a new concept: the Maison Littéraire. Imagine a place of excellence, rooted in its territory, that promises intimacy and the possibility of a deeper literary immersion.

The first house will be dedicated to George Sand; it will open in Bordeaux in September 2026, to celebrate one of the greatest French women of letters, passionate about independence and literature.

our story

2013

Opening of the first hotel in Paris

Inauguration of the Hôtel Littéraire Le Swann, dedicated to Marcel Proust, in the Saint-Lazare Monceau neighborhood. The starting point of a unique literary adventure.

Literary Walks Plans

Enter the city like a novel with historical maps that guide you in the footsteps of great writers. Follow Marcel Proust in Belle Époque Paris, find Gustave Flaubert in 19th-century Rouen, or explore the 1950s Montmartre of Marcel Aymé.

These literary itineraries, drawn from ancient maps, reveal the personal addresses and inspirational places of writers, not forgetting any of the emblematic cultural sites of the neighborhood.