The “Closerie des Lilas” was a former post house, near the famous Bullier Ball, and attracted partygoers, including many writers: Émile Zola, Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier and the Parnassian poets.At the beginning of the 20th century , the playwright Paul Fort played chess with a futur revolutionary , Lenin. But it is with […]