Adrienne Monnier

Adrienne Monnier was a pioneering French bookseller and writer, born in 1892, known for creating a welcoming bookshop called La Maison des Amis des Livres in Paris. She played a significant role in promoting literature and supporting authors like Marcel Proust and James Joyce. Monnier helped foster intellectual and cultural exchange, especially among young writers and literary enthusiasts. Her shop became a hub for modernist writers and a symbol of Parisian literary life in the early 20th century. She is remembered as an influential patron of literature and a key figure in Paris’s literary community.