Les Deux Magots

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The Birth of Coffee and literary legend

(from Wikipedia)

 

In 1884, the store gives way to a coffee liqueur in the same boat. Many writers like Verlaine, Rimbaud or Mallarmé then get used to meet there. The Café "Les Deux Magots" begins to play an important role in the cultural life of Paris.

In 1914, Auguste Boulay buys coffee (which is in the verge of bankruptcy) to 400,000 francs. In the 1920s, the café hosts the Surrealistsunder the leadership of André Breton, long before the existentialists who made ​​the beautiful nights of the cellars of the neighborhood.

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In 1933, a small group of surrealist friends in the café terrace learn that the Prix Goncourt was awarded to Andre Malraux for his book The Human Condition. Deeming it too academic price, these surreal decide to start their own literary prize they call prices Deux Magots 1. This event marks the birth of the literary legend of coffee 1. The "Deux Magots" will later frequented by many famous artists including Elsa Triolet, André Gide, Jean Giraudoux, Picasso, Fernand Leger, Prévert, Hemingway, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir or Raymond Queneau ^{[ref. required].}