George Whitman
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1913 – 2011
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Who was George Whitman?
George Whitman was the proprietor of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. He was a contemporary of such Beat poets as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
Whitman was born in East Orange, New Jersey, United States, and while he was still an infant the family moved to Salem, Massachusetts. In 2006 Whitman was awarded the "Officier des Arts et Lettres" medal by the French government for his contribution to the arts over the previous fifty years.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1913
East Orange - Children
- Education
- Sorbonne
- Harvard University
- Boston University
- Died
- Dec 14, 2011
Paris - Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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