Pierre Loti Coffee
29 Kasım 2024

Pierre Loti Coffee

14 January 1850 / 10 June 1923 - Pierre Loti, one of the important writers of recent French Literature, is also a writer in the recent history of Istanbul. He was born in 1850 in Rochefort, France, as the youngest of a Protestant family. He entered the French Navy at the age of 17. After completing his maritime training, he became a captain in 1881 and was promoted to colonel in the following years. Found in the Middle East and Far East. As a naval officer, he had the opportunity to get to know the foreign culture he talked about in his novels by traveling to many places. He later reflected the experiences and observations he gained during these journeys in his books.

Pierre Loti Kahvesi

Following the publication of his first novel, Aziyade, in 1879, which gave sections of the Ottoman Turkey of that period, he published The Icelandic Fisherman in 1886. Loti became a writer who established himself in the literary circle. Pierre Loti, who had been to Istanbul many times, came to Istanbul for the first time in 1876 on a French ship as a commissioned officer. Loti was influenced by the Ottoman way of life and showed this influence in many of his works. It was here that he met the woman who gave her name to her novel Aziyade. He lived in Eyüp when he was in Istanbul. Pierre Loti, who admired Istanbul, always described himself as a Turkish friend. Loti died in Handaye on June 10, 1923. He was buried next to the graves of his ancestors on Oleron Island.


Pierre Loti Kahvesi


Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul