Henry Miller

Henry Miller

male, deceased (1980)
painter, novelist, Autodidact, German-American, writer, tax resister…American, AmericanexpatriateinFrance, Quiet Days In Clichy
Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980) was an American writer and painter. He is known for breaking with existing literary forms...
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

male, deceased (1961)
writer, war correspondent, the old man and the sea, pulitzer prize, Short story writer, Short Story Author…suicide by firearm in the United States, American military, nobel prize in literature, American, american literature
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part...
Jonathan Littell

Jonathan Littell

male, 42 years old
writer, Jewish American, Yale University alumni, French, Prix Goncourt winner, American…American expatriate in Spain, AmericanexpatriateinFrance
Jonathan Littell is an award-winning French-American writer who writes mainly in French and now lives both in France and Spain.
David Sedaris

David Sedaris

male, 52 years old (Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)
Essayist, Humorist, gay, AmericanexpatriateinFrance, expatriate, writer…American
David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist and radio contributor. Much of his humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating,...
Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

male, 46 years old
actor, Pirates of the Caribbean actor, television actor, American, talented, film actor…AmericanexpatriateinFrance, Il aime la France
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American...
Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

female, deceased (1975)
cabaret singer, dancer, American-French, Vaudeville performer, adoptive parent, singer…AmericanexpatriateinFrance, American, Native American
Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, most noted for her singing career, while in her early...
James Baldwin

James Baldwin

male, deceased (1987)
James Arthur Baldwin, buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, AmericanexpatriateinFrance, Bisexual, from the United States, Bisexual writer…American, LGBT African American, African American
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist, best known for his novel "Go Tell It on the...
Art Buchwald

Art Buchwald

male, deceased (2007)
American military personnel of World War II, Tisbury, eulogies, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winner, eulogy, Death from renal failure…American, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Jewish American, AmericanexpatriateinFrance, born in Mount Vernon, New York
Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 - January 17 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column that he wrote in "The...
Richard Wright

Richard Wright

male, deceased (1960)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, death by myocardial infarction, agnostic, AmericanexpatriateinFrance, Mississippi writer, novelist…American, African American
Richard Wright was an American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction.
Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

female, deceased (1946)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Radcliffe College alumni, LGBT, Stomach cancer death, Jewish person, American…Jewish American, AmericanexpatriateinFrance
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American writer and is considered to have acted as a catalyst in the development of modern...