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Anaïs Nin (1903–1977)

Author of Delta of Venus

176+ Works 21,727 Members 216 Reviews 113 Favorited

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

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Works by Anaïs Nin

Delta of Venus (1969) 4,767 copies
Little Birds (1979) 2,320 copies
A Spy in the House of Love (1954) 1,475 copies
Under a Glass Bell (1944) 482 copies
House of Incest (1936) 445 copies
Erotica (1940) 331 copies
Collages (1964) 320 copies
Ladders to Fire (1946) 304 copies
Cities of the Interior (1959) 248 copies
The Four-Chambered Heart (1950) 216 copies
Winter of Artifice (1939) 213 copies
Seduction of the Minotaur (1961) 210 copies
Children of the Albatross (1959) 198 copies
The Novel of the Future (1968) 126 copies
Anais Nin Reader (1973) 118 copies
Eros Unbound (2007) 117 copies
A Model (1995) 107 copies
Artists and Models (1988) 103 copies
The Veiled Woman (2018) 76 copies
White Stains (1995) 57 copies
The Diaries of Anais Nin (1970) 32 copies
Stella (1996) 26 copies
The Portable Anais Nin (2010) 25 copies
Auletris: Erotica (2016) 17 copies
Ser mujer (1977) 17 copies
Paris Revisited (1972) 13 copies
Echte vrouwen reizen beter (2001) 11 copies
La voce (1992) 10 copies
Stories of Love (1996) 8 copies
Alice et autre nouvelles (1999) 7 copies
Anais Nin Reads (1993) 5 copies
Tagebücher 1920-1921 (1986) 4 copies
The Queen 3 copies
Lina 2 copies
The Maja 2 copies
Runaway 2 copies
Mathilde 2 copies
Saffron 2 copies
The Ring 2 copies
Hilda And Rango 2 copies
Two Sisters 2 copies
Sirocco 2 copies
Mallorca 2 copies
Lilith 2 copies
Marianne 2 copies
Elena (2002) 2 copies
Pierre 2 copies
Manuel 2 copies
Linda 2 copies
Marcel 2 copies
Mandra 2 copies
Henry et June, Tome 2 (2006) 2 copies
Solar barque 2 copies
On Writing 2 copies
Henry et June, Tome 1 (2006) 2 copies
Diario II 1 copy
Ptáčci (1993) 1 copy
HIl Idiario 1 copy
Дневник (2000) 1 copy
Nin: Casebook (1974) 1 copy
Realism and Reality (1946) 1 copy
Tajne sveske 1 copy
Ich suche das Leben (1999) 1 copy
Journaux de jeunesse (2010) 1 copy
Henry 1 copy
Eiszeit (1988) 1 copy

Associated Works

Tropic of Cancer (1934) — Preface, some editions — 8,642 copies
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 544 copies
The Norton Book of Women's Lives (1993) — Contributor — 405 copies
The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1993) — Contributor — 294 copies
Miss Macintosh, My Darling (1965) — Preface, some editions — 181 copies
Love Letters (1996) — Contributor — 180 copies
Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood (1990) — Contributor — 168 copies
The Gates of Paradise (1993) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self (1992) — Contributor — 52 copies
The Sun's Birthday (1973) — Foreword — 29 copies
Travelers Tales of Old Cuba (2002) — Contributor — 16 copies
Harde liefde de ruigste verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (1994) — Contributor — 12 copies
Erotica: racconti di amore e sesso al femminile (1992) — Author — 3 copies
Erotiske fortællinger fortalt af kvinder (1996) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Oyez Review : Vol. 8, No. 1 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Reviews

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.
 
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Kim.Sasso | 1 other review | Aug 27, 2023 |
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.
 
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kevinkevbo | 5 other reviews | Jul 14, 2023 |
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...
 
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leslie.98 | 60 other reviews | Jun 27, 2023 |
Same sorry repeated. I couldn’t read another one about a model and an artist
 
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vdt_melbourne | 29 other reviews | Mar 22, 2023 |

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Gunther Stuhlmann Editor, Preface, Biographical Notes
John Boyce Illustrator
Rupert Pole Foreword, Introduction
Pirkko Lokka Translator
Mikael Mörling Translator
Milton Glaser Cover designer
Gisela Stege Translator
Delfina Vezzoli Translator
H. P. Ohringer Translator
Britt Arenander Translator
Keith Cunningham Cover designer
Ian Hugo Illustrator
Helga Künzel Translator
Jean Varda Cover artist
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Works
176
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Members
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
741
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Favorited
113
Touchstones
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