Sylvia Beach (March 14, 1887 – October 5, 1962), born
Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an
American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in
Paris, where she was one of the leading
expatriate figures between
World War I and
II. She is known for her Paris bookstore,
Shakespeare and Company, where she published
James Joyce's controversial book,
Ulysses (1922), and encouraged the publication and sold copies of, Hemingway's first book,
Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923).