Mina Loy

Mina Loy, born Mina Gertrude Löwry (27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966), was a British artist, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, actress, Christian Scientist, feminist, model, nurse, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Basil Bunting, Gertrude Stein, Francis Picabia and Yvor Winters, among others.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 27, 1882
Birth nameMina Gertrude Löwry
Date of deathSeptember 25, 1966
Place of death
Aspen Colorado

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  1. http://canopycanopycanopy.com/14/the_sacred_prostitute
  2. http://dl.lib.brown.edu:8080/exist/mjp/plookup.xq?id=LoyMina
  3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09574040802413834
  4. http://highway49.library.yale.edu/awia/gallery/loybarnes.html
  5. http://highway49.library.yale.edu/awia/gallery/loybarnes6.html
  6. http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/VSALM/mod/wolkowski/main.html
  7. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/loy/loy.htm
  8. http://www.funcionlenguaje.com/rincon-bibliografico/en-breve-luz-arthur-cravan-y-mina-loy.html
  9. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bloomsbury/cash/2012/00000009/00000003/art00004?crawler=true
  10. http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/11251843&referer=brief_results