Paris 1920: Lost Generation Writers of the Left Bank (Small Group Walking Tour)

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Portrait of Scott and Zelda by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923
Hemingway at home in Paris 1926
Hemingway in Italy during WW1
James Joyce in Paris, 1934
Sylvia Beach with James Joyce at Shakespeare & Company
William Faulkner in the Luxembourg Gardens, 1925
Man Ray & Salvador Dali, 1934 (photo Carl Van Vechten)

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There is a famous saying : “Everyone has 2 countries, their own & France”. This was especially true for numerous artists, writers & jazz musicians between the 2 world wars, many of whom flocked to Paris not only for artistic inspiration but also to find themselves.

Known as the Lost Generation, these were men & women who had suffered through WW1, a war that had taken 20m lives. They were all between 20 and 30 years old & questioned the old regime as morally bankrupt – seeking to build a new system.

Eager to share ideas they would gather in the numerous cafés of the Left Bank. Many of these struggling artists & writers stayed in the area’s cheap hotels or cold-water flats. We will visit the places they lived, worked & partied, bearing in mind that the bohemian Left Bank of starving artists & struggling writers has given way to chic boutiques & high end bistros.

Drinks not included in the price.

School groups are welcome on this tour - contact us for rates.

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