Alice B. Toklas

1877–1967 (age 90)

Writer

Biography

Alice B. Toklas was an influential writer and muse whose circle included many of the foremost artists and thinkers of the Parisian avant-garde.

Her memoirs and collaborations celebrated the rich cultural life she helped to cultivate, and she rests in Père Lachaise Cemetery among the luminaries she inspired.

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