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Gertrude Stein

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gertrude Stein 1874-1946, American author and patron of the arts, b. Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pa. A celebrated personality, she encouraged, aided, and influenced—through her patronage as well as through her writing—many literary and artistic figures. After attending (1893-97) Radcliffe, where she was a student of William James , she began premedical work at Johns Hopkins. In 1902, relinquishing her studies, she went abroad and from 1903 until her death lived chiefly in Paris. For many years her secretary and lover was Alice B. Toklas. In Paris, Stein became interested... Read more
Stein, Gertrude

Stein, Gertrude (1874–1946) US writer and critic. Stein was influential in the US expatriate community in Paris. Her prodigious, experimental output includes the novel Three Lives (1909) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933), a fictionalized account of her life from her ...

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Stein, Gertrude

Gertrude Stein

Born: February 3, 1874 Allegheny, Pennsylvania Died: July 27, 1946 Neuilly, France American writer

American writer Gertrude Stein was a powerful literary force in the early part of the twentieth century. Although the ultimate value of her writing was a matter of debate, it ...

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