Friday, July 27, 2012

Paris: Literary Cafes In Paris


If there was a Mecca for writers and lovers of literature, it would most likely Paris. For centuries, Paris has adopted and inspired famous writers, from Molière and Wilde Fitzgerald through to Djuna Barnes. Visiting Paris, you can hardly escape the presence of these teachers. With a normal activity such as a coffee cuotidiana, you will see a plaque that says nothing more and nothing less than this coffee Hemingway wrote in "Fiesta? (The Sun Also Rises, 1926). Like your hotel in Paris is one of the hotels in Paris in which Henry Miller spent some time in 1930 (Hotel St-Germain des Prés). Once you start paying attention, you will realize the many monuments, plaques, museums, restaurants, and street names honoring the literary giants of Paris. Here I write a few places that will take inspiration or just want to visit to pay homage to some of the greatest writers in history.

Les Deux MagotsEntre literary goals of Paris, Les Deux Magots is probably one of the most famous. Although many people say that today is nothing more than a tourist trap, how a lover of literature could miss the cafeteria in which James Baldwin was quick to come to meet with Richard Wright? Or the coffee shop which houses a picture of a young Simone de Beauvoir, concentrated, writing doodles on a notepad? Or to see one of the sites that used to frequent Hemingway, Breton and Camus? Do not listen to the insipid salads, if you seek literary ghosts, this is just the place you seek: in the 6th "arrondissement?, Place St Germain des Prés, number 6. FloreSituado coffee right next to Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore shares fame. Specifically, it is known by de Beauvoir and Sartre, who almost lived in the upstairs dining room, and often came where Laurence Durrell writers, Truman Capote and, of course, Hemingway (who seems to have been everywhere) . If you want to dive into the past, it is mandatory to sit in the dining room upstairs.

Even today, you will find many writers, writing doodles on a pad or with your computer, trying to find the muse that inspired all those who were before them. The Café de Flore is located on the 6th arrondissement, boulevard St. Germain, number 172.

Maison Victor HugoEn the lovely Place des Vosges, you will find a small museum enalza life and works of Victor Hugo. This museum is not only a museum but that is part of what was formerly the Hotel de Roham Guéménée, where Victor Hugo spent 16 years of his life (1832-1848). The museum / apartment is full of treasures to satisfy fans of Hugo manuscripts, photographs, bits of paper, handwritten, record yourself and some of his furniture. La Maison Victor Hugo is in the Place des Vosges number 6 in the 4th arrondissement. Maison de Balzac BalzacLos lovers should visit the house, now a museum, in which the great writer wrote most of his plays, novels and stories, titled "The Human Comedy?. In the museum there are many objects of interest belonging to Balzac, including your desk, your chair and your kettle, as many know, we had company on his long nights of writing. La Maison Balzac is in the 16th arrondissement on the rue Raynouard, 47. Rue de Fleurus, No. 27, 6th arrondissementAunque it is not a museum, many fans come to the house where Gertrude Stein lived first with his brother Leo, and then with her companion Alice B.

Toklas, and remain standing in front of the plate to commemorate the home of famous author, in this quiet street, and let your imagination run wild thinking of the wonderful art collections should have in their classrooms. Rue Monsieur le Prince, number 14 in the 6 th arrondissementRichard Wright lived on this street for 11 years (1948-1959) with his wife and two daughters. The famous author of "Native Son? (Native Son) and "Black Boy? (Black male) was co-Sartre and Camus and, because of its influence, wrote what is known as the first American existentialist novel, "The Outsider? (The intruder). Wright loved France so much that after his death, was one of many authors who were buried in the Paris cemetery Père Lachaise. Rue de l'Odéon, Number 12, 6 º arrondissementPunto original Shakespeare and Company, the bilbioteca and English bookstore of Sylvia Beach property was frequented by Hemingway, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson and James Joyce. The store was not just a library / bookstore, but it was a haven for writers. In 1941, afterthe 22 years of business, closed its doors, reportedly because Beach refused to sell the last copy of "Finnegan's Wake? a German officer.

Ten years later, George Whitman opened a new Shakespeare and Company, which incorporated the original name of Liberia to honor him. It is located a few blocks farther from the rue de l'Odéon (although it is a sanctuary for many writers today, in the 5th arrondissement, rue de la Bucheri number 37). Paris Hotels for your visit cultural literary If what you want is to complete your cultural visit in Paris surrounding yourself in a literary hotel, here are some suggestions for hotels in Paris: Hotel Saint-Germain des Prés Apostrophe Hotel Relais Christine L'Hôtel Paris Hotel Balzac

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