Sylvia Beach

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Sylvia Beach was an American-born bookseller and publisher in Paris best known for founding the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and first publishing James Joyce’s *Ulysses*.

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Generate an image of Sylvia Beach (Sylvia Beach was an American-born bookseller and publisher in Paris best known for founding the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and first publishing James Joyce’s *Ulysses*.)

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instanceOf American expatriate in France ⓘ
bookseller ⓘ
person ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
associatedWith Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
Ezra Pound ⓘ
F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
Gertrude Stein ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
burialPlace Cimetière des Batignolles, Paris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-03-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-10-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Bryn Mawr College ⓘ
employer Shakespeare and Company ⓘ
familyName Beach ⓘ
founded Shakespeare and Company ⓘ
Shakespeare and Company lending library ⓘ
fullName Sylvia Beach ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
givenName Sylvia ⓘ
hasOccupationRole literary salon host ⓘ
patron of writers ⓘ
heritage American ⓘ
knownFor founding the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris ⓘ
publishing the first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses ⓘ
supporting modernist writers ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
French ⓘ
locationOfWork 12 rue de l’Odéon, Paris ⓘ
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
movement modernism ⓘ
notableEvent closure of Shakespeare and Company during World War II ⓘ
publication of Ulysses in 1922 ⓘ
notableWork Shakespeare and Company (bookstore) ⓘ
Shakespeare and Company (memoir) ⓘ
Ulysses (first edition publisher) ⓘ
occupation bookseller ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partner Adrienne Monnier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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