Sylvia Beach

Sylvia Woodbridge Beach (March 17, 1887 – October 5, 1962) was an American-born bookshop owner who operated Shakespeare and Company in Paris from 1919 to 1941. The shop served as a home for expatriate writers as well as French authors.¹

Works

• Ulysses in Paris (1956)
• Shakespeare and Company (1959)
• The Letters of Sylvia Beach (2010)

See also

• Sylvia Beach quotes

External Links

• Sylvia Beach Papers at Princeton University
• Sylvia Beach and Shakespeare and Company Collection at The University of Texas at Austin
• Goodreads profile
• IMDb profile
• Sylvia Beach on Find A Grave

References

1. “Sylvia Beach.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed July 23, 2020.