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Poets > Gertrude Stein
Born: 1874-02-03, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Died: 1946-07-27, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Status: Edge case
Modernist poet, novelist and playwright, born in Allegheny City. Her family left when she was about six months old.
| When | Kind | What |
|---|---|---|
| 1874 | Born | Born in a house on Beech Avenue in what is now Allegheny West. Her father and uncle ran a branch of the family clothing business downtown.[1] |
Stein's only tie is her birth. She left as an infant and never saw the place again.
After leaving Pittsburgh the family spent a few months in Baltimore, then lived in Vienna and Paris before settling in Oakland, California.