- Duration
- 1 hour
- Product Type
- Audio Guide
- Venues
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- Luxembourg Gardens
- Église Saint-Sulpice
- Panthéon
- Latin Quarter
- Put your map away and take your time walking the path of Hemingway's life in the 1920s as a local guides you through the city's through the writer's eyes
- Hit play together and stroll the city or wander solo, but always with an expert in your ear as your personal guide
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- Take in Hemingway's writing studio, which some Parisians don't even know about
- Get a sense of how Gertrude Stein became one of Ernest‘s earliest mentors and supporters
- Find out how, in 1923, Hemingway found his literary voice
- See the location of the original Shakespeare and Company
- Discover which artists were considered part of the Lost Generation, and what the term means
- Hear about Hemingway's poignant love story with Agnes Von Kurowsky, a nurse whose Dear John letter altered the course of the writer's life
- Take in Place Saint-Sulpice and its church, featured in a 1933 novel by Zelda Fitzgerald
- Learn how Sherwood Anderson's support shaped Hemingway's trajectory and also facilitated his integration into Paris' vibrant artistic community
- Become familiar with Hemingway's time in the Italian Front and how he saved several soldiers from certain death, receiving the Italian War Merit Cross for his bravery
![Samuél](https://cdn.contexttravel.com/image/upload/c_thumb,e_brightness:0,g_face,h_200,r_max,w_200,z_0.7/v1709575975/production/docent_info/image_2096_1709575975c0d91955.jpg)
Samuél is a published novelist and musician who has lived in Paris since 2008. He holds an M.A. in European Society from University College London & an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Samuél teaches creative writing at the Sorbonne, hosts the Paris Writers' Salon with a local literary legend John Baxter, and is also a singer/songwriter. Samuél's first novel, "Slim and The Beast" (Inkshares, 2015) is a coming of age story set in North Carolina. His second novel, "The Requisitions" (Kingdom Anywhere, 2024) is a historical metafiction about history, memory, and the Nazi Occupation of Poland.
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