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Noël Riley Fitch

Born

New Haven, The United States

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http://www.noelrileyfitch.com/

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Noël Riley Fitch is a biographer and historian of expatriate intellectuals in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. Every book Fitch has written has some connection with Paris and the artists who lived and worked there, including her biographies of Sylvia Beach, Anaïs Nin, and Julia Child.

In June 2011 Noël was awarded the prestigious Prix de la Tour Montparnasse literary award in France for the French translation of hers widely acclaimed 1983 book ‘Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation’. Her book Appetite for Life The Biography of Julia Child was written with Mrs. Child’s full cooperation and exclusive authorization. Publishers Weekly said the book is written 'warmly and compellingly’, and Kirkus Reviews called its details “exquisite ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 4,117 ratings · 409 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child 4.07 avg rating — 2,221 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties 4.07 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 1983 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anaïs: The Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin 3.88 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walks in Hemingway's Paris: A Guide to Paris for the Literary Traveler 3.94 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Café: The Select Crowd by Noël Riley Fitch, Rick Tulka (Illustrations) 3.82 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Cafés of Paris 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Literary Cafes of Europe 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith And Imagination: Essays on Evangelicals and Literature by Noël Riley Fitch (editor), Richard W. Etulain (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyage to Ithaca: William Carlos Williams in Paris 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and company: Port of call for American expatriates 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She forgot the three F's," Julia whispered to Sara Moulton: "Feed 'em, fuck 'em, and flatter 'em.”
― Noel Riley Fitch, Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child

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“Dead or alive, interesting people are interesting people.”
― Noel Riley Fitch

tags: ancestors, history

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“When I first saw [Sylvia], in the early spring of 1932, her hair was still the color of roasted chestnut shells, her light golden brown eyes with greenish glints in them were marvelously benign, acutely attentive, and they sparkled upon one rather than beamed, as gentle eyes are supposed to do. She was not pretty, never had been, never had tried to be: she was attractive, a center of interest, a delightful presence not accountable to any of the familiar attributes of charm. Her power was in the unconscious, natural radiation of her intense energy and concentration upon those beings and art she loved. She loved her hundreds of friends, and they loved her … each one sure of his special cell in the vast honeycomb of her heart … Her genius was for friendship; her besetting virtue, generosity ... and courage that assured even Hemingway.
– Katherine Anne Porter”
― Noël Riley Fitch, Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties

tags: literary-style, porter, sylvia-beach, tribute

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