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The fourth volume of "one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters" ( Los Angeles Times ). The renowned diarist continues her record of her personal, professional, and artistic life, recounting her experiences in Greenwich Village for several years in the late 1940s, where she defends young writers against the Establishment-and her trip across the country in an old Ford to California and Mexico. "[Nin is] one of the most extraordinary and unconventional writers of [the show more twentieth] century." - The New York Times Book Review Edited and with a preface by Gunther Stuhlmann show lessTags
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JuliaMaria Simone de Beauvoir und Anais Nin, zwei faszinierende sehr unterschiedliche Frauen derselben Generation, und wie sie ihre Leben für sich und uns aufbereiten. Die eine über eine detaillierte mehrere Bände umfassende Autobiographie, die andere über tägliche Tagebucheinträge, die viele viele Bände füllen.
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Frank and so forthrightly feminine. At volume four of her diaries, I'm really just luxuriating in her prose. But with the intensity of her feelings, this is truly a one-volume-a-year treat for me. The amount of romance and romanticising she compacts into every aspect of her life complements her writing. In the hands of a different writer, the reality of the awfulness of these characters might puncture the dreamy veil that Nin casts over my eyes.
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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 of Anais Nin, Vols. I-VII" and her erotic fiction. show more 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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- The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume 4: 1944–1947
- People/Characters
- Anaïs Nin
- Important events
- 1940s (1944-1947)
- First words
- The first edition of Under a Glass Bell sold out in three weeks and I have to make plans for a reprinting.
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- Why doe everyone here believe that by all of us thinking of nothing else but the mechanics of living, of history, we will solve all problems?
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I remembered that the definition of tropic was "turning," changing" and I felt a new woman would be born here.
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