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Sylvia Beach (14 March 1887 – 5 October 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris, where she was one of the leading expatriate figures between World War I and II.
May 29, 2024 · Sylvia Beach was a bookshop operator who became important in the literary life of Paris, particularly in the 1920s, when her shop was a gathering place for expatriate writers and a center where French authors could pursue their newfound interest in American literature.
May 30, 2021 · Learn about Sylvia Beach, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, the famous bookshop and lending library in Paris, and the publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses. Discover how she met and collaborated with other literary figures such as Adrienne Monnier, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway.
Sylvia Beach was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris. She is known for her Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company...
Nov 19, 2019 · “My loves were Adrienne Monnier and James Joyce and Shakespeare and Company,” wrote Sylvia Beach, whose legendary Parisian bookstore first opened its doors 100 years ago this month.
Jun 16, 2015 · When James Joyce Met Sylvia Beach. On the Chance Encounter That Changed Literature Forever. By Kevin Birmingham. June 16, 2015. On a Monday morning in November 1919, Sylvia Beach hung a small wooden sign above her door and opened the shutters to Shakespeare and Company. The signboard was a painting of the bard.
For Beach, Paris became home, and Shakespeare and Company a home away from home for waves of expats until the Nazis shut it down in 1941. (Ten years later, a different Shakespeare and Company was opened by bookseller George Whitman .)
