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Arthur Cravan
French poet, Dadaist and boxer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd;[2] 22 May 1887 – disappeared 1918) was a Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer. He was the second son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Hélène Clara St. Clair. His brother Otho Lloyd was a painter and photographer married to the Russian émigré artist Olga Sacharoff.[3] His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde.[4] He changed his name to Cravan in 1912 in honour of his fiancée Renée Bouchet, who was born in the small village of Cravans in the department of Charente-Maritime in western France.[citation needed]
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Born | (1887-05-22)22 May 1887 |
Died | circa November 1918 (aged 31) (presumed) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, artist and boxer |
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[1] |
Cravan was last seen at Salina Cruz, Mexico in 1918[5] and most likely drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico in November 1918.[6]