Shakespeare and Company bookshop

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cultural institution independent bookstore tourist attraction

Shakespeare and Company bookshop is a famous English-language bookstore and literary hub in Paris, long associated with expatriate writers of the 20th century and the city’s bohemian intellectual life.

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Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop) 0
Shakespeare and Company 5
Shakespeare and Company (bookstore) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution ⓘ
independent bookstore ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith Anglophone expatriate writers in Paris ⓘ
Beat Generation writers ⓘ
bohemian intellectual life of Paris ⓘ
city Paris ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalRole meeting place for writers and readers ⓘ
symbol of Anglophone literary culture in Paris ⓘ
featuredIn documentaries about literary Paris ⓘ
memoirs by visiting writers ⓘ
travel guides to Paris ⓘ
foundedBy George Whitman ⓘ
foundingYear 1951 ⓘ
hasFacility reading room ⓘ
small café ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence official website ⓘ
online bookstore ⓘ
hasSection children’s books section ⓘ
rare books section ⓘ
hosts Tumbleweeds (resident writers and travelers) ⓘ
author readings ⓘ
book launches ⓘ
literary festivals ⓘ
poetry readings ⓘ
inspiredBy Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941)
knownFor bohemian atmosphere ⓘ
hosting writers-in-residence ⓘ
literary events ⓘ
languageOfBooks English ⓘ
locatedIn 5th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
locatedNear Notre-Dame Cathedral ⓘ
locatedOn Rue de la Bûcherie ⓘ
nickname Tumbleweeds program ⓘ
offers beds among the bookshelves for Tumbleweeds ⓘ
operatedBy George Whitman’s family ⓘ
Sylvia Whitman ⓘ
originalName Le Mistral ⓘ
renamedAs Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shakespeare and Company
renamedInHonorOf Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company

William Shakespeare ⓘ
specializesIn English-language literature ⓘ
new books ⓘ
second-hand books ⓘ
tradition guests must help in the shop ⓘ
guests must read a book a day ⓘ
guests must write a one-page autobiography ⓘ
yearRenamed 1964 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Moveable Feast → depicts → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
Sylvia Beach → employer → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company
James Joyce's Ulysses → firstCompleteEditionPublisher → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
subject surface form: Ulysses
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company
Sylvia Beach → founded → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company
Sylvia Beach → founded → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company lending library
Shakespeare and Company bookshop → inspiredBy → Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
this entity surface form: Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941)
Sylvia Beach → notableWork → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)
Sylvia Beach → notableWork → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company (memoir)
James Joyce's Ulysses → publisherOfFirstEdition → Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
subject surface form: Ulysses
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company bookshop → renamedAs → Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
this entity surface form: Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company bookshop → renamedInHonorOf → Shakespeare and Company bookshop self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
this entity surface form: Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company