Nancy Cunard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nancy Cunard

writer, heiress and political activist

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1896

Place of Birth: Great Britain, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1965

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, publisher, polo player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Nancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a writer, heiress and political activist.
She was born into the British upper class, and devoted much of her life to fighting racism and fascism.
She became a muse to some of the 20th century's most distinguished writers and artists, including Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound and Louis Aragon—who were among her lovers—as well as Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Constantin Brâncu?i, Langston Hughes, Man Ray and William Carlos Williams.
MI5 documents reveal that she was involved with Indian socialist leader VK Krishna Menon.
In later years she suffered from mental illness, and her physical health deteriorated.
When she died in the Hôpital Cochin, Paris, she weighed only 26 kg (57 pounds).