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Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, California,[1] Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson and Henri Matisse, would meet.[2][3][4] In 1933, Stein published a quasi-memoir of her Paris years, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, written in the voice of Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. The book became a literary bestseller and vaulted Stein from the relative obscurity of the cult-literature scene into the limelight of mainstream attention.[5] Two quotes from her works have become widely known: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose",[6] and "there is no there there", with the latter often taken

Gertrude Stein - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American author (1874–1946) Gertrude Stein Portrait by Carl Van Vechten , 1935 Born ( 1874-02-03 ) February 3, 1874 Allegheny, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died July 27, 1946 (1946-07-27) (aged 72) Neuilly-sur-Seine , France Resting place Père Lachaise Cemetery Occupation Writer poet novelist playwright art collector Education Radcliffe College ( BA ) Johns Hopkins University Literary movement Modernist literature Partner Alice Toklas Signature Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American nov

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