Paris in the 1920s ("Années Folles” – The Crazy Years) was a cultural magnet to creative people from around the world. Among those drawn to this artistic mecca were a variety of American expatriates including Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Cole Porter and Josephine Baker. There were also revolutionary Spanish artists such as Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, as well as the avante garde Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel. These are just a few of the denizens of Paris during this exciting decade. Pick one of the fascinating individuals, who were among the City of Lights’ luminaries in the 1920s, and tell us about their lives and how they helped make Paris such an exciting and dynamic place during this time in history.
