Caresse Crosby nickname(s):
Polly
Caresse Crosby date of birth:
April 20, 1892
How old was Caresse Crosby when died?
77
Where was Caresse Crosby born?
New Rochelle, New York
When did Caresse Crosby die?
January 26, 1970
What is Caresse Crosby nationality?
American
What is Caresse Crosby's occupation?
Publisher, activist, writer
Short Biography
Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob; April 20, 1891 – January 26, 1970) was the first recipient of a patent for the modern bra, an American patron of the arts, publisher, and the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris." She and her second husband, Harry Crosby, founded the Black Sun Press which was instrumental in publishing early works of many authors who would later become famous, including Kay Boyle, Hart Crane, Archibald MacLeish, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Duncan, Anaïs Nin, Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller.