Marie Nordlinger (1876-1961): Proust's Muse from Manchester

Through her cousin the composer Reynaldo Hahn, Marie Nordlinger, a Manchester-trained artist, met Marcel Proust with whom she forged a deep friendship. After a career in the art world, she later devoted her life to cultivating Proust’s memory and that of Hahn, with whom she had been in love.

The daughter of a cotton industrialist in Manchester, Marie Nordlinger met Marcel Proust in Paris through her cousin the Venezuelan composer Reynaldo Hahn. It was there that a friendship with the French ...