The Stuff Of Fiction: The Life And Work Of Georges Simenon
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- April 24, 2023
Richard Wright, the author whose writings dealt with racial discrimination toward African Americans, found freedom from prejudice in Paris of the 1940s and 1950s. “[In Paris] I’ve never felt a moment of sorrow.”—Richard Wright Here are 5 facts about Richard Wright in Paris. Learn more about Richard Wright in Paris including the exact locations where
READ MOREHenry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, spent ten years in Paris during the 1930s and 1940s. “It is no accident that propels people like us to Paris.”—Henry Miller Learn more about Henry Miller in Paris including the exact locations where he lived and frequented in Pilgrimage to Paris by Jayne R. Boisvert. Henry Miller
READ MOREWilla Cather, the Great Plains novelist and author of My Antonía and One of Ours, arrived in Paris in 1902 and remained steadfast in her affection for the city. “Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.”—Willa Cather Learn more about Willa Cather in
READ MOREMark Twain [Samuel Clemens], the author of such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was a frequent visitor to Paris. “In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own
READ MOREJames Baldwin, the American author of Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni’s Room, was more than a novelist, poet, playwright, and activist. James Baldwin fulfilled his dream of living in Paris beginning in 1948. “It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French.”—James
READ MOREGertrude Stein, the author of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas and The Making of Americans, was more than a novelist, poet, and playwright. Gertrude Stein was an imposing figure in the expat community in Paris during the first half of the twentieth century. “America is my country and Paris is my hometown.”—Gertrude Stein Here
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