Espace Henry Miller

The Espace Henry Miller serves as a cultural landmark in Clichy, standing as a tribute to the American writer who once navigated these very streets during a desperate and formative decade. Henry Miller arrived in Paris in the nineteen thirties as a penniless expatriate, often finding himself homeless and starving while searching for his literary voice. During those years, he sought refuge in the unassuming surroundings of Clichy, living in a modest apartment on Avenue Anatole France. This site honors the era when Miller turned the grit, poverty, and local nightlife of the suburb into the raw material for his most provocative works.