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10 september 1889 london , england london , england english 10 november 1861 amy levy 1.jpg amy levy
 amy levy poet , novelist
amy levy

amy levy -lrb- 10 november 1861 -- 10 september 1889 -rrb- was a british essayist , poet , and novelist best remembered for her literary gifts ; her experience as the first jewish woman at cambridge university and as a pioneering woman student at newnham college , cambridge ; her feminist positions ; her friendships with others living what came later to be called a `` new woman '' life , some of whom were lesbians ; and her relationships with both women and men in literary and politically activist circles in london during the 1880s .
