George Whitman

Founder of the second Shakespeare and Company at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, who housed thirty thousand writers between the shelves.

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Lived: 1913–2011
Born: 12 December 1913
Birthplace: East Orange, New Jersey
Died: 14 December 2011 · aged 98
Place of death: Paris
Nationality: American
Roles: Bookseller

George Whitman’s Places

The cataloged places connected to George Whitman — through the books, and through the documented record.

Places you can enter today appear first, followed by addresses to see from outside and sites that have vanished.

The weathered green and gold Shakespeare and Company storefront today, a reader browsing at the window, the rue de la Bûcherie sign above

Bookshop · Latin Quarter

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Shakespeare and Company (Rue de la Bûcherie)

Whitman opened the shop as Le Mistral in 1951 and ran it for sixty years on the rule 'give what you can, take what you need' — living above it until his death at ninety-eight, two days past his birthday, in 2011.

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Founded · 1951

Shakespeare and Company (rue de la Bûcherie)

George Whitman opens Le Mistral at 37 rue de la Bûcherie in 1951 — the English-language bookshop that will later carry Beach's shop name.

— shakespeareandcompany.com — history

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