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Djuna Barnes
AuthorBooks · Second hand1892-1982
Djuna Barnes was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
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About Djuna Barnes
Birth
1892
Death
1982
First book
1928
Years writing
98
Djuna Barnes was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
Djuna Barnes was a multifaceted figure who excelled as a writer, poet, playwright, and visual artist.
Her masterpiece, Nightwood, is considered a fundamental pillar of 20th-century lesbian literature.
Beyond her literary work, Barnes worked as a journalist and illustrator, bringing a unique vision to her chronicles.
She used the pseudonym Lydia Steptoe to sign some of her writings during her prolific career.
Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, her life and work were deeply shaped by her time in interwar Paris.
