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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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Birth
1892
Death
1982
First book
1928
Years writing
98
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.