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==Description==
 
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Photographer and writer, his works were political and played with gender and sexual identity.  Lifelong partner of Suzanne Malherbe.
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Born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob but adopted the name Claude Cahun as her pseudonym - a sexually ambiguous name.  Photographer and writer, her works were political and played with gender and sexual identity.  Lifelong partner of Suzanne Malherbe.

Revision as of 20:04, 14 July 2013

Country

France

Birth - Death

1894 - 1954

Occupation

Artist

Notable Achievements

Description

Born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob but adopted the name Claude Cahun as her pseudonym - a sexually ambiguous name. Photographer and writer, her works were political and played with gender and sexual identity. Lifelong partner of Suzanne Malherbe.