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Gertrude Stein was an American avant-garde writer, art collector, and literary salon host, born on February 3, 1874, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known for her influential works such as "Three Lives" and "Tender Buttons," as well as for her role in promoting modernist literature and artists in early 20th-century Paris. Stein's distinctive style and her ideas about language and perception have made her a central figure in both literary and feminist studies.

1874–1946·lived 72 years