Arthur Symons
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Arthur William Symons was a British poet, critic, translator and magazine editor.
Photograph by Alvin Coburn, 1906
Sarojini Naidu
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Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence. She played an important role in the Indian independence movem
Arthur Symons
…as having had an affectionate relationship, about which Symons wrote a sonnet. The same year, Symons met and began an extensive correspondence with Sarojini Naidu. Their letters contain advice he gave regarding her work as a poet and exhibit their ambiguous relationship. A scholar speculates that Symons viewed…
Naidu in 1928
Drawing of Naidu by John Butler Yeats, 1896, from the frontispiece of The Golden Threshold (1905)
Naidu in 1912
Naidu with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha, 1930