Jane Birkin’s Breton estate bought by a famous writer

The star’s mansion has found a buyer and will be transformed into a residence for female artists.

“ As soon as I saw this house overlooking the beach where my father came [pendant la guerre]it seemed too good to be true. Someone sent me a note to tell me that this house was for sale. I was on the train with my poor mother who wanted so much for me to buy a little something in the south of France where she would be nice and warm. And instead of that, it was the Aber Wrac’h. It was destiny “, Jane Birkin confided to France Bleu Breizh Izel about this manor in Lannilis in Finistère, which she acquired in the 90s, as indicated by La Voix du Nord.

During the Second World War, officer David Birkin, Jane’s father, had in fact exfiltrated English pilots from this beach. It had become Jane’s refuge, who even shot a film there in 2006, ” Boxes ».

A year after the artist’s death, the 460 m² building with direct access to the seafront, bay window overlooking the beach, large maritime pines and heated swimming pool, as described by Ouest-France, was purchased. According to Le Télégramme, ” Kachalou », named after the first names of his three daughters (Kate Barry, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon), was bought by the writer Aurélie Valognes.

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The novelist, known in particular for her huge success ” Granny in the nettles »which has sold more than a million copies, has plans, according to Le Parisien, to make ” Kachalou “a residence for women artists, which will be called ” The House of Women Writers “.

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