Lydia and Maynard: The Letters of John Maynard Keynes and Lydia Lopokova

by Lydia Lopokova, John Maynard Keynes, Polly Hill (Editor)

Correspondence between the Russian ballet dancer and English economist traces the development of their relationship

Genres: Biography

367 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

Lydia Lopokova, Baroness Keynes (born Лидия Васильевна Лопухова; 21 October 1892 – 8 June 1981) was a Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century.

Lopokova was born into a family of ballet dancers, and trained at the Imperial Ballet School. She toured with the Ballets Russes in 1910, and moved to the United States soon after.

Lopokova married the renowned English economist John Maynard Keynes in 1925, and was also known as the Lady Keynes. She largely disappeared from public view after Keynes's death in 1946, and spent her remaining years in Sussex.