Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man
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Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man is a 2005 documentary film directed by Benjamin Sutherl and Gonzague Pichelin. about George Whitman
who opened a bookshop-commune in Paris in 1951 called Shakespeare and Company
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George Whitman
George Whitman is the proprietor of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. He was a contemporary of such Beat poets as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He is a grand-nephew of American poet Walt Whitman....
who opened a bookshop-commune in Paris in 1951 called Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company (bookshop)
Shakespeare and Company is the name of two independent bookstores on Paris' Left Bank. The first was opened by Sylvia Beach on 17 November 1919 at 8 rue Dupuytren before moving to larger premises at 12 rue de l'Odéon in the 6th arrondissement in 1922. During the 1920s, it was a gathering place for...
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