Anaïs Nin

French-American writer, figure of the 20th-century literary avant-garde

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Anaïs Nin, born in 1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French-American writer known for her diaries and erotic writings. Daughter of a Cuban composer and a French-Danish singer, she began her diary at age 11, which she kept for sixty years. Settled in Paris in the 1930s, she frequented Henry Miller and avant-garde literary circles. Her major works include 'House of Incest' and the 'Cities of the Interior' cycle. She self-published her early books, then achieved fame in 1966 with the publication of her expurgated diary. She died in 1977 in Los Angeles.

* 1903-02-21 — † 1977-01-14

Major works

D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study (1932)essay
House of Incest (1936)prose poem
Winter of Artifice (1939)short story collection
Cities of the Interior (1959)roman-fleuve
Delta of Venus (1977)erotic short story collection

Key milestones

1932Publishes her first work, a study on D.H. Lawrence.
1966Publication of the first volume of her expurgated diary, bringing her fame.
1977Dies in Los Angeles; posthumous publication of Delta of Venus.