Mercedes de Acosta, Lytton Strachey, Mikhail Kuzmin
Born: Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Lytton Strachey (1880)
Died: Mikhail Kuzmin (1936)
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01MarBorn 1892134th birthday
Mercedes de Acosta
A poet and screenwriter whose love affairs with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and other stars made her a legend of lesbian history.
01MarBorn 1880146th birthdayLytton Strachey
The witty founder of modern biography was at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group – and lived in an unconventional household with a painter who loved him.