Mina Loy

Mina Loy, born Mina Gertrude Löwry (27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966), was a British artist, writer: 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 life

Loy was born in London. In 1899 she changed her name from Mina Gertrude Lowry to Mina Loy. Loy was married twice. On 31 December 1903, she married Stephen Haweis. Their marriage ended in 1913. She married Arthur Cravan in Mexico City in 1918. Not long after their marriage, Cravan disappeared. His body was found later in the desert. She had four children; three by her first husband, Haweis; and one by her second husband, Craven. Her children by Haweis were: Oda Janet Haweis (1903 - 1904), Joella Synara Haweis Levy Bayer (1907 - 2004) and John Giles Stephen Musgrove Haweis (1909 -1923). Her only child with Craven was called Jemima Fabienne Cravan Benedict (1919 - ).