Top 10 Top 10 Foreign Writers who Lived in Paris
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1. Ernest Hemingway
The US author (1899–1961) wrote A Moveable Feast as an affectionate portrait of his time in Paris from 1921–1926.
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2. F Scott Fitzgerald
Like Hemingway, US writer Fitzgerald (1896–1940) lived in Montparnasse and frequented the bar La Coupole.
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3. George Orwell
The English novelist (1903–50) tells of his shocking experiences living in poverty in Down and Out in Paris and London (1933).
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4. Samuel Beckett
Born in Ireland in 1906, the playwright lived in Paris from 1928 until his death in 1989.
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5. Anaïs Nin
US novelist Nin (1903–77) met her lover, fellow American Henry Miller, in Paris. Her Diaries tell of her time here.
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6. Albert Camus
Algerian born Camus (1913–60) moved to Paris in 1935 and lived here until his death.
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7. Henry Miller
Miller (1891–1980) showed the seedier side of Paris in his novel Tropic of Cancer (1934).
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8. Diana Mitford
Controversial fascist sympathiser and authoress, Mitford (1910-2003) spent her dotage in Paris.
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9. Edmund White
Prolific novelist White (b.1940) is the author of The Flaneur , a Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris .
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10. Milan Kundera
Czech born Kundera (b.1929) moved to Paris in 1978 where he wrote The Unbearable Lightness of Being .
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