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The house is only open for the Journées du Patrimoine and for special events (readings, screenings, concerts, artist residencies, exhibitions, literary encounters...) which take place once a month. It is not possible to visit outside these times. The association La Souvenance - Maison Schwarz-Bart manages the site and keeps you informed of events via its various social networks.

Conceived, imagined and built in the 1960s by the legendary writing couple André and Simone Schwarz-Bart, La Souvenance is a unique creative space in Guadeloupe, a meeting place open to Caribbean arts and culture. In 2012, the house was awarded the Maison des Illustres label by the French Ministry of Culture, which recognizes places dedicated to preserving the memory of people who have distinguished themselves in French history.

The building, steeped in memory, houses a large terrace for special events, a grand salon with superb furnishings and works of art, and the two writers' offices. Read the novel Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes, written by the couple, or La Mulâtresse Solitude by André Schwarz-Bart, who died in 2006. Simone Schwarz-Bart looks back on her life with her husband in Nous n'avons pas vu passer les jours, co-written with Yann Plougastel and published in 2020. Guadeloupean writer Ernest Pépin has written a novel entitled La souvenance telling the story of this writing couple.