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Mina Loy

1882 - 1966

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Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966) was a British-born artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mina Loy is the 6,098th most popular writer (down from 5,935th in 2019), the 5,145th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,759th in 2019) and the 560th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mina Loy ranks 6,098 out of 7,302. Before her are Dora Marsden, Gerhard Roth, Stella Gibbons, Ben Okri, Roderick Thorp, and Emilia Lanier. After her are Robinson Jeffers, Su Tong, Terence Rattigan, Ralf König, Kevin Kelly, and Katherine Pancol.

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Among people born in 1882, Mina Loy ranks 272. Before her are Mary Boland, Edward Van Sloan, Clarence Kingsbury, Conrad Christensen, Alexandre Schaumasse, and Dora Marsden. After her are Marie Doro, Paul Koebe, George Siegmann, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Johnny Douglas, and Felix Frankfurter. Among people deceased in 1966, Mina Loy ranks 212. Before her are Claire McDowell, Maxfield Parrish, Knut Torell, Wallace Ford, Robert Keith, and Manuel María Ponce Brousset. After her are Frankie Genaro, Eric Fleming, Alfred Engelsen, Katsuo Takaishi, Marguerite Higgins, and Alvin Langdon Coburn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mina Loy ranks 5,147 out of 8,785. Before her are Prunella Scales (1932), Stella Gibbons (1902), Ron Greenwood (1921), Ian Raby (1921), William Dod (1867), and Emilia Lanier (1569). After her are Juliet Stevenson (1956), Terence Rattigan (1911), David Pegg (1935), Chris Anderson (1961), Emile Heskey (1978), and Davey Boy Smith (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mina Loy ranks 560. Before her are Anthony Powell (1905), Mary Lamb (1764), Hugh Blair (1718), Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), and Emilia Lanier (1569). After her are Terence Rattigan (1911), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), John Betjeman (1906), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), and William Bell Scott (1811).

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