Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Nina Hamnett
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Standard Name: Hamnett, Nina
Birth Name: Nina Hamnett
Married Name: Nina Kristian
NH
, active during the earlier part of the twentieth century, was primarily a visual artist, but also published two books of memoirs (apparently based on diaries kept at the time) as well as a few art gallery reviews.
Blondel, Nathalie, and Nathalie Blondel. “Foreword”. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life: A Biography, McPherson, 1998, p. xv - xix.
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“Mary Butts Papers”. Beinecke Rare Book Room and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Friends, Associates
Anna Wickham
AW
frequented popular Bohemian hangouts such as the Café Royal and, later, the Fitzroy Tavern.
Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7-11.
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Hepburn, James et al. “Anna Wickham: A Memoir”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, pp. 1-48.
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According to her friend David Garnett
, she preferred the hard-up to the well-off, the doomed and...
Hepburn, James, and Anna Wickham. “Preface”. The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith and Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, 1984, p. xix - xxiii.
xxii
A brief encounter with Ezra Pound
inspired the poem Song to Amidon.
Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7-11.
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Wickham also had a long-lasting friendship with Nina Hamnett
.
Friends, Associates
Edith Sitwell
Beginning her editorship of Wheels, ES
made other friendships, including those with Nancy Cunard
, Nina Hamnett
(whom she describes as generous and courageous), Walter Sickert
(whose generosity and sense of fun she celebrates),...
She also sat as a model for various artists (her flaming red hair was an asset in this role), including Nina Hamnett
and Roger Fry
.
“Mary Butts Papers”. Beinecke Rare Book Room and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Reception
Nancy Cunard
NC
was also the exemplary subject for painters and photographers—Nina Hamnett
(who did a drawing of her for ten guineas at the request of Lady Cunard
),
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
Making their first appearance in print are poems written for Valentine Ackland
and for Nina Hamnett
, and NC
's elegy for Eliot
, written a few weeks after his death and only two months...
Travel
Mary Butts
After separating from her husband, MB
left her daughter Camilla with a friend and went with Maitland
to Paris, before embarking with him on further travels. Throughout the 1920s she moved back and forth...
Timeline
31 May 1915: German forces made the first Zeppelin air-raid...
National or international item
31 May 1915
German forces made the first Zeppelin air-raid on London.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard. Aviation: An Historical Survey from its Origins to the end of World War II. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
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Texts
Booth-Clibborn, Edward, and Nina Hamnett. “Introduction”. Laughing Torso, Virago, 1984, p. v - x.
Hamnett, Nina. Is She a Lady? A Problem in Autobiography. Allan Wingate, 1955.
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Constable and Co., 1932.
Hamnett, Nina, and Osbert Sitwell. The People’s Album of London Statues. Duckworth, 1928.