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Anaïs Nin
AuthorBooks · Second hand1903-1977
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.
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About Anaïs Nin
Birth
1903
Death
1977
First book
1977
Years writing
49
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.
Anaïs Nin is internationally renowned for her diaries, with eleven volumes published to date.
Her 35,000 handwritten journal pages are currently preserved at the UCLA library.
Beyond her work as a novelist and diarist, Nin was also a professional dancer.
Her most notable work, Delta of Venus, remains a cornerstone of her literary legacy.
She led a complex personal life, maintaining two simultaneous marriages on opposite coasts of the United States.
