Adrienne Monnier
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Adrienne Monnier was a French bookseller, writer, and publisher, and an influential figure in the modernist writing scene in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The building at 7 rue de l'Odéon in which Monnier opened her bookshop in 1915
Rue de l'Odéon
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The Rue de l'Odéon is a street in the Odéon quarter of the 6th arrondissement of Paris on the Left Bank.
Adrienne Monnier
…Monnier, to help her set up in bookselling. On 15 November 1915, Monnier opened her bookshop and lending library, "La Maison des Amis des Livres" at 7 rue de l'Odéon, Paris VI. She was among the first women in France to found her own bookstore. While women sometimes assisted in a family bookstore, and widows…
Rue de l'Odéon, looking towards the Place de l'Odéon