Anaïs Nin (1903–1977)
Author of Delta of Venus
About the Author
Anaïs Nin 1903-1977 Writer and diarist Anaïs Nin was born February 21, 1903 in Neuilly, France to a Catalan father and a Danish mother. She spent many of her childhood years with her Cuban relatives. Later, she became a naturalized American citizen. Nin is best known for her journals,"The Diary show more of Anais Nin, Vols. I-VII" and her erotic fiction. In fact, Nin was one of the raliest writers of erotica for women. She also wrote the book Henry and June, which was made into a movie of the same name in 1990. In 1973 Anaïs Nin received an honorary doctorate from the Philadelphia College of Art. She was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974. She died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, on January 14, 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Anaïs Nin
Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932) (1986) 2,238 copies
Nearer the Moon: From a Journal of Love : The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1937-1939 (1996) 88 copies
The Mystic of Sex and Other Writings [A First Look At D. H. Lawrence, uncollected writings 1931-1974] (1995) 35 copies
The White Blackbird and Other Writings / The Tale of an Old Geisha and Other Stories (1985) 9 copies
7 Volume SET the Diary of Anais Nin 1943 Thru 1974 (The Diary of Anais, Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume… (1975) 5 copies
The Woman on the Dune 3 copies
The Queen 3 copies
Lina 2 copies
The Maja 2 copies
The Hungarian Adventurer 2 copies
Runaway 2 copies
Mathilde 2 copies
Saffron 2 copies
The Boarding School 2 copies
The Ring 2 copies
The Chanchiquito 2 copies
Hilda And Rango 2 copies
Two Sisters 2 copies
Sirocco 2 copies
Mallorca 2 copies
Lilith 2 copies
Marianne 2 copies
Pierre 2 copies
Manuel 2 copies
Linda 2 copies
Marcel 2 copies
Mandra 2 copies
La campana di vetro e altri racconti 2 copies
Solar barque 2 copies
On Writing 2 copies
Set of 4 Erotica ~ Delta of Venus ~ Little Birds ~ The Sexual Life of Catherine M. ~ Women on Top 1 copy
Sabina Felt Lost 1 copy
Diario II 1 copy
Anaïs Nin par elle-même 1 copy
The Basque And Bijoe 1 copy
Delta de Venus: Selección 1 copy
Journal (4 tomos, 1931-1947) 1 copy
HIl Idiario 1 copy
The Basque and Bijou 1 copy
Little Birds [short story] 1 copy
A Model [short story] 1 copy
Tajne sveske 1 copy
Henry 1 copy
Nin, Anais Archive 1 copy
The journals of Anais Nin 1 copy
The White Blackbird 1 copy
A Child Born Out of the Fog 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 544 copies
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 440 copies
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 141 copies
Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their… (1971) — Contributor — 27 copies
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contributor — 9 copies
American Aphrodite (Volume Five, Number Nineteen) / London Aphrodite (1955) — Contributor — 2 copies
Oyez Review : Vol. 8, No. 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Nin, Anaïs
- Legal name
- Nin y Culmell, Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira
- Birthdate
- 1903-02-21
- Date of death
- 1977-01-14
- Burial location
- Santa Monica Bay, California, USA (ashes scattered)
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer (cervical)
- Places of residence
- Neuilly, France
Barcelona, Spain
New York, New York, USA
Paris, France
Los Angeles, California, USA - Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
diarist - Relationships
- Miller, Henry (Liebhaber)
- Organizations
- National Institute of Arts and Letters (USA) (1974)
- Awards and honors
- Honorary Doctorate (Philadelphia College of Art, 1973)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1974)
Members
Discussions
Henry Miller in Bug Collectors (January 2015)
Reviews
Diary of Anais Nin, pts. 1-2 (1931-1934, 1934-1939) by Anaïs Nin
Anais Nin was my first imaginary/literary friend. If I could have a dinner party with ghosts, she'd be at the top of my guest list.
Under A Glass bell is a small collection of short stories. And when I say short, I do mean short. The briefness of the stories doesn't allow for much character development. But Nin more than makes up for this with her exquisitely lavish and detailed descriptions of the settings the stories take place in. These descriptions immediately set a mood and takes the reader right into the world of the story.
This is well written but I am just not interested in reading erotica. I read the first several stories but after 80 pages decided I had no need to read more.
And a small complaint that this isn't a novel but a set of short stories...
And a small complaint that this isn't a novel but a set of short stories...
Same sorry repeated. I couldn’t read another one about a model and an artist
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Literary Witches (4)
Page Turners (1)
Sex in the past (1)
Stuff from Bard (1)
1970s (1)
Female Author (1)
Erotic Fiction (3)
Read These Too (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 176
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 21,727
- Popularity
- #990
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 216
- ISBNs
- 741
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 113
- Touchstones
- 239
