Ladies Almanack
How Mina appears in its pages: The one woman in the book who does not desire women, and cannot work out what everybody else is doing. She gets the first chapter and the last word.
Read the character guide- Poet
- Painter
Mina Loy
British-born poet and artist of the Futurist and New York Dada circles, and a regular at the Arensberg salon where she knew Duchamp.
Details
- 1882–1966
- 1882
- 1966
- British
- PoetPainter
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People Mina Loy Knew
Marcel Duchamp
- Painter
- Sculptor
- Filmmaker
Met
Both were regulars at the Arensberg salon in New York during the First World War, the milieu that became New York Dada.
Djuna Barnes
- Journalist
- Illustrator
- Author
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Met · 1915
They met at the Provincetown Theatre in New York and were neighbours in Paris through the 1920s, going together to Natalie Clifford Barney's salon on the rue Jacob.
Natalie Clifford Barney
- Author
- Poet
- Salon host
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Met · 1923–1936
Loy joined the circle at 20 rue Jacob on her return to Paris in 1923. Barney was fond of Loy's children, the two held similar views on love and monogamy, and Loy was among the writers the Académie des Femmes honoured from 1927. The friendship continued by letter after Loy left Paris in 1936; the end year marks her departure, not the end of the friendship.
Organizations
Honoured by · 1927
Académie des Femmes
Both sources name Loy among the writers the Académie honoured, Anne Charles calling her one of the important modernists it took up. Neither dates her evening, so the year here is the Académie's own and not a date for it. Loy had joined the circle at the rue Jacob on her return to Paris in 1923.
Connections and Sources
Frequented · 1923–1936
20 rue Jacob
Loy joined the circle at the rue Jacob on her return to Paris in 1923, and the Académie des Femmes honoured her from 1927. The end year is her departure from Paris, not a last visit.
Honoured by · 1927
Académie des Femmes
Both sources name Loy among the writers the Académie honoured, Anne Charles calling her one of the important modernists it took up. Neither dates her evening, so the year here is the Académie's own and not a date for it. Loy had joined the circle at the rue Jacob on her return to Paris in 1923.
Met
Marcel Duchamp
Both were regulars at the Arensberg salon in New York during the First World War, the milieu that became New York Dada.
Met · 1915
Djuna Barnes
They met at the Provincetown Theatre in New York and were neighbours in Paris through the 1920s, going together to Natalie Clifford Barney's salon on the rue Jacob.
Met · 1923–1936
Natalie Clifford Barney
Loy joined the circle at 20 rue Jacob on her return to Paris in 1923. Barney was fond of Loy's children, the two held similar views on love and monogamy, and Loy was among the writers the Académie des Femmes honoured from 1927. The friendship continued by letter after Loy left Paris in 1936; the end year marks her departure, not the end of the friendship.
References
References
The sources below include biographies, scholarly essays, interviews, and primary materials that informed this page. They reflect both the historical record and ongoing critical conversations about Mina Loy and their work.
1Duchamp: A Biography
BiographyHenry Holt and Company, 1996Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to Mina Loy.
2Djuna Barnes — Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde
WebsiteUsed forWeb source consulted for documented facts and historical context presented on the Mina Loy page.
3Natalie Barney — Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde
WebsiteUniversity of GeorgiaUsed forWeb source consulted for documented facts and historical context presented on the Mina Loy page.
4Barney, Natalie Clifford (1876–1972), in Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
EssaysGale, 2002Used forPublished analysis and historical context used in preparing the Mina Loy page.
5Barney Opens Her Paris Salon
EssaysEBSCO Research Starters, 2022Used forPublished analysis and historical context used in preparing the Mina Loy page.
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