Les Deux Magots
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Les Deux Magots is a famous[1] café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris, France. It is famed for, and prides itself in, its reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual elite of the city. This derives from the patronage of Surrealist artists, intellectuals such as Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and young writers, such as Ernest Hemingway. Other stellar patrons included Albert Camus and Pablo Picasso.
The Deux Magots literary prize has been awarded to a French novel every year since 1933.
The café's name comes from the two wooden statues of Chinese commercial agents (magots) that adorn one of the pillars.
