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Central character Lydia Lopokova is a marvellously sparky creation, maddening and original, who springs to life on the page as she stirs up and provokes Bloomsbury. Firebird is also a love story, charting the utterly unlikely relationship between Lydia and Maynard Keynes. It’s moving, amusing, brilliantly researched and utterly absorbing. A ...
In 1925 Keynes married Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova. “I have your letter. It is so very nice. I kiss you much. You build up my existence.”. IN 1918 Keynes met Lydia at a party to celebrate the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev in London. Three years later, enthralled by Lydia’s performance in Sleeping Beauty, Keynes sat several times on his ...
1892–1981. Lydia Lopokova trained as a ballerina at the Imperial School of Ballet in St Petersburg. Her appearance with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1918 took London by storm. Maynard Keynes became captivated by her childlike gaiety and idiosyncratic English, and after the failure of Diaghilev’s company, arranged accommodation for her in ...
Lopokova married the renowned English economist John Maynard Keynes in 1925 and was also known as the Lady Keynes. She largely disappeared from public view after Keynes's death in 1946 and spent her remaining years in Sussex. Lydia Lopokova, Baroness Keynes was a Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century.
2. Juni 2009 · Vivacious and charming, ballerina Lydia Lopokova leapt to the height of fame with Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes. Then, a surprising marriage to renowned economist (and former homosexual) John Maynard Keynes catapulted her into an entirely different universe. Her extraordinary story is told here for the first time: it links the world of ...
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11. Jan. 2020 · Subtitle on jacket: The letters of John Maynard Keynes and Lydia Lopokova Includes bibliographical references (p. 358) and index Notes. Obscured text. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-01-11 19:01:12 Associated-names Keynes, John ...
1. Juni 1992 · Lydia and Maynard: The Letters of Lydia Lopokova and John Maynard Keynes Polly Hill and Richard Keynes. London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. 360 pp. £17.95. William Coleman . William Coleman Search for other works by this author on: This Site. G ...
