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6 de sept. de 2023 · Mercedes de Acosta, born to parents descended from the Spanish nobility, was raised in a wealthy section of New York’s West Side. She met celebrities through her sister Rita Lydig.
De Acosta, the daughter of affluent Cuban immigrants, grew up in New York where, in the 1920s, she was a figure in both the city’s “high society” and its drag clubs and speakeasies. “These were years guided by the spirit. Though she was the author of books of prose, collections of poems, and scripts, Mercedes de Acosta is rarely ...
Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was a Cuban-American poet, playwright, and novelist. Four of de Acosta’s plays were produced, and she published a novel and three volumes of poetry.
17 de mar. de 2017 · To mark Women's History Month, The Advocate will feature a different queer woman from history each day. Today we remember novelist, playwright, and lover of many famous women, Mercedes De Acosta.
It seems Garbo was cold and reserved even in her letters. Lost and forgotten, in 1960 Mercedes De Acosta sold her Garbo papers to the Rosenbach Museum and library of Philadelphia that had to keep them sealed until 10 years after the death of Garbo. The box contained 88 letters, telegrams and cards was opened in the April 2000 but nothing ...
4 de ene. de 2020 · Acosta, Mercedes de, 1893-1968, Lesbians -- United States -- Biography, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, Lesbians, Authors, American, United States, Lesbian authors -- United States -- Personal narratives Publisher New York : Arno Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive ...
3 de jul. de 2015 · Mercedes de Acosta was born in New York in 1893, one of eight children in a rich Spanish-Cuban family. Her older sister Rita (profiled in an earlier post) became a prominent socialite, art patron, and fashion icon whose circle of friends included Degas, Rodin, Tolstoy, Bernhardt, Debussy, and Sargent.Rita’s wardrobe became the start of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
