What is the name of the two independent English-language bookstores that founded The Paris Literary Prize?
Shakespeare and Company (bookstore) Shakespeare and Company is the name of two independent English-language bookstores that have existed on Paris's Left Bank.
Kramerbooks &amp; Afterwords Kramerbooks & Afterwords (also known as Kramer's) is an independent bookstore and cafe in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 1976 by Bill Kramer, Henry Posner, and David Tenney, Kramer's has become a local institution and meeting place for neighborhood residents, authors, and politicians. It was one of the first bookstores in the country to feature a cafe which influenced similar business models nationwide. Notable people that have visited Kramer's include Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Maya Angelou, and Monica Lewinsky, whose purchases at the bookstore attracted national attention during the Lewinsky scandal investigation and led to a high-profile legal battle. Kramer's was sold in 2016 to Steve Salis.