Sylvia Beach

Sylvia Beach (March 14 1887–October 5 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach in her father's parsonage in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of the leading expatriate figures in Paris between World War I and II.

References

• {{Book reference|Author=Noel Riley Fitch|Title=Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties|Year=June 1, 1983|Publisher=W W Norton & Co Inc|ID=ISBN 0393017133}}
• Alix Sharkey, (March 3, 2002). "The Beats go on". The Observor Magazine. An article on George Whitman and the history of Shakespeare and Company under his proprietorship.