Le dernier secret de François Mitterrand ou la passion d’une vie

Come and hear Jacqueline Rousselon recount the life of Anne Pingeot, the shadowy companion of François Mitterrand, President from 1981 to 1995.

Curious about a private story? More like a desire to understand. A love story kept secret since they met in 1962 (she was 19 and he 46) and which gave rise to an intense exchange of letters: 1,218 letters written to the young woman by François Mitterrand.

Jacqueline will explore these 30 years of love through the diary and letters of the politician who rose to the top of the State while managing to keep his second family secret. In 2016, Gallimard published "Lettres à Anne", which "reveals totally unknown aspects of a deeply secretive man that everyone thought they knew." In his last letter to the woman who gave him so much, forgave him so much, and whose mystery remains unresolved, he writes: "You always gave me more. You were my chance in life. How can I not love you more?

As part of our "Fransk for en hund" concept, the ticket costs DKK 100 with a glass of wine included in the price.

The lecture will be given in easy-to-understand French.