K. Gibran, Shershtha Kabita [Poetry Collection], Translated into Bengali, Kolkata: Karuna Prakasani, 1960.
Martin Birnbaum, The Last Romantic: The Story of More Than a Half-Century in the World of Art, Introduction by Upton Sinclair, New York: Twayne, 1960, p. 63.
Mercedes de Acosta, Here Lies the Heart: A Tale of My Life, New York: Reynal, 1960, pp. 91-93, 105, 140.
Mercedes de Acosta (1892-1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. De Acosta wrote almost a dozen plays, only four of which were produced, and she published a novel and three volumes of poetry. She was professionally unsuccessful but is known for her many lesbian relationships with famous Broadway and Hollywood personalities and numerous friendships with prominent artists of the period.
