
Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) was a renowned English poet of the Modernist era. Born in Bloomsbury to an architect, Mew grew up in near poverty, and her early years were tainted by the death of three of her siblings. Although regarded by fellow writers as one of the greatest poets of in her day, and praised by the likes of Virginia Woolf and Thomas Hardy, Mew’s name fell into obscurity after her tragic suicide in 1928. Rumours swirled around Mew’s personal life and sexuality, and while it will likely never be known, as she obscured biographical detail, many now consider her as important a queer icon as Radclyffe Hall or Gertrude Stein.