Sylvia Beach

Sylvia Beach
Beach in 1920
Born
Nancy Woodbridge Beach

(1887-03-14)14 March 1887
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died5 October 1962(1962-10-05) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Bookseller
  • writer
  • publisher
Known forFounder 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]

She is known for her Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, where she published James Joyce's book Ulysses (1922), and encouraged the publication of and sold copies of Hemingway's first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923).

  1. ^ Garner, Dwight (18 April 2010). "Ex-Pat Paris as It Sizzled for One Literary Lioness". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 16 September 2011.