Arthur Cravan
Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer (1887–1918)
- Born
- 22 May 1887, Lausanne
- Died
- 1918, Rio Grande
- Citizenship
- France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer, poet, writer
- Height
- 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd; 22 May 1887 – disappeared 1918) was an English 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. His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde. 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.
Cravan was last seen at Salina Cruz, Mexico in 1918 and most likely drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico in November 1918.
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