Normandy has long since been a source of literary inspiration and a land of writing. The ‘Jardin & Littérature’ (Garden & Literature) colloquium held from 9 to 12 May 2019 in Caen explored the multifarious, prolific, sometimes symbiotic and always singular links that are forged between landscape art and gardening, and poetic creation and imagination in literary works. The present publication reunites the various interventions during this colloquium. Boasting a wealth of illustrations, it opens the gates of writers’ gardens, in Normandy and in Europe, offering you a journey through written works, independently of their generic category, where the poetry inherent to gardens plays a fundamental role.

Prix littéraire de l’Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres, Caen (Caen Academy of Science, Arts and Literature literary prize) for 2021.

* organised by the European Institute for Gardens and Landscapes and the Normandy Regional Council.