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Founder of Shakespeare and Company. 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. [1]
Sylvia Beach, an American, founded the first Shakespeare and Company in 1919. Located in Paris at 12 rue de l’Odéon, the shop was half bookstore and half lending library.
May 29, 2024 · In 1919 Beach opened Shakespeare and Company, a bookshop on the Rue Dupuytren in the St.-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. Operating a lending library from her shop, she specialized in books published in Great Britain and the United States.
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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.
Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach is a memoir about Beach's life and her bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, that she founded in Paris and ran from 1919-1941, closing during the German occupation.
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May 30, 2021 · Learn about Sylvia Beach, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, the famous bookshop and lending library in Paris that attracted literary figures like James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein. Discover how she published Joyce's Ulysses, her relationship with Adrienne Monnier, and her encounters with other writers.
Shakespeare and Company was the creation of Sylvia Beach, who in 1919 arrived in Paris via Princeton, recognized a market for English language books, and offered encouragement and support to the writers who bought, browsed, and borrowed.
