Le Select

Le Select
Le Select
Restaurant information
Established	1923
Street address	99, boulevard du Montparnasse
City	Paris
Country	France
Website	www.leselectmontparnasse.fr/en/

Le Select is a Parisian brasserie founded in 1923 in the 6th arrondissement at 99 Boulevard Montparnasse, in the Notre-Dame-des-Champs neighborhood. It was one of the more prominent meeting places of the Parisian intellectuals between the two world wars, with a significant place in the Bohemian Culture of the period.^[1]^[2]

History

Along with Le Dôme, La Rotonde, Closerie des Lilas and La Coupole, Le Select was one of the cafés for artists and intellectuals that animated the life of Montparnasse, particularly around the Vavin crossroads, which is now the Pablo Picasso plaza.

Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Picasso, and Agnès Capri [fr] were regulars.^[1]

During the Nazi Occupation, prominent homosexual figures from the artistic milieu such as Serge Lifar, Jean Marais, Suzy Solidor, Marlow Moss,^[3] and Antoinette Hendrika Nijhoff-Wind frequented it regularly, as well as places like Le Monocle,^[4] Chez Jane Stick,^[5] and Le Bœuf sur le toit.^[6]

Following the Second World War, the cafe was still frequented by what remained of the Jewish School of Paris, including Isaac Frenkel, Mane-Katz and others artists.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Martin, Mackenzie. "Le Select". W&L Paris. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ Billancourt, Le Village de (2022-10-22). "Le Select, restaurant chic des années folles". Le Village de Billancourt (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ Les deux amies dans: 'Pionnières. Artistes dans le Paris des années folles', Paris, 2022 (page 123)
^ Le Monocle, du Montmartre des années 1920 au Montparnasse des années 1940.
^ "Chez Jane Stick". Bibliothèque nationale de France.
^ François Broche et Jean-François Muracciole, Histoire de la collaboration : 1940-1945, Tallandier, 2017.
^ Kilnger, H (10 October 1958). "איוף דער טעראס אין "סעלעקט", On the terrace in Select".

[:0-1] Martin, Mackenzie. "Le Select". W&L Paris. Retrieved 2023-11-06.

[2] Billancourt, Le Village de (2022-10-22). "Le Select, restaurant chic des années folles". Le Village de Billancourt (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-06.

[3] Les deux amies dans: 'Pionnières. Artistes dans le Paris des années folles', Paris, 2022 (page 123)

[4] Le Monocle, du Montmartre des années 1920 au Montparnasse des années 1940.

[5] "Chez Jane Stick". Bibliothèque nationale de France.

[6] François Broche et Jean-François Muracciole, Histoire de la collaboration : 1940-1945, Tallandier, 2017.

[:25-7] Kilnger, H (10 October 1958). "איוף דער טעראס אין "סעלעקט", On the terrace in Select".

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