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Mina Loy

Mina Loy, British modernist poet and artist (died 1966)

Born
December 27, 1882
Died
September 25, 1966
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1882

About Mina Loy

Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966) was a British 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.

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Career and life highlights

Mina Loy timeline

  1. Born: December 27, 1882
  2. Died: September 25, 1966

The world when Mina Loy was born

Mina Loy was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineChinese Exclusion Act signed
  • Technology milestoneFirst hydroelectric power plant (Appleton, WI)
  • World population~1.42B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.9M

1882 versus 2026

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Measure18822026
Population51.9M341 million

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