Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
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Surname :
Stein
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Gertrude
Date :
1874-1946
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
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ستاين, جيرترود, 1874-1946
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ستاين
Forename :
جيرترود
Date :
1874-1946
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スタイン,, ガートルード, 1874-1946
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スタイン,
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ガートルード
Date :
1874-1946
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Staĭn, Gertruda, 1874-1946
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Staĭn
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Gertruda
Date :
1874-1946
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Стайн, Гертруда, 1874-1946
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Стайн
Forename :
Гертруда
Date :
1874-1946
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Stein, Gertruda, 1874-1946
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Surname :
Stein
Forename :
Gertruda
Date :
1874-1946
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Biographical History
In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to Paris. Within months of their meeting, Gertrude Stein and Toklas became inseparable companions.
Stein published her first book, Three Lives appeared in 1909. Stein and Toklas formed the Plain Edition press, which brought out several of Stein's previously unpublished works, including Before the Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded (1931).
In 1939 Stein and Toklas left Paris for the countryside, where they endured hardships and offered as much assistance and support to the Allies as possible. After the war they returned to Paris. In July 1946 Stein suddenly fell acutely ill and chose to have exploratory surgery. Before the operation, she dictated her will, leaving her papers to Yale, the Picasso portrait to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the rest of her paintings to Toklas. The surgery disclosed inoperable uterine cancer and she died a few days later on July 27, 1946.
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External Related CPF
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11925479v/PUBLIC
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79006977
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10580778
https://viaf.org/viaf/22149082
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79006977
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q188385
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Subjects
American literature
Art, Modern
Authors, American
Authors, American
American history/20th century
Americans
Women authors, American
Women authors, American
Women authors, American
Art
Art and literature
Women authors
Cubism and literature
Drama
Literature, Experimental
Fiction
Modernism (Literature)
Modernism (Art)
Opera programs
Poetry
Nationalities
Americans
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Authors
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Novelists
Poets
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Allegheny County
PA, US
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Birth
United States
00, US
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Republic of France
00, FR
AssociatedPlace
Neuilly-sur-Seine
A8, FR
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Death
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