French-born American author (1903–1977)

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Anaïs Nin

<p><b>Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell</b> (February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977; <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span>ˌ</span><span>æ</span><span>n</span><span>aɪ</span><span>ˈ</span><span>iː</span><span>s</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span>ˈ</span><span>n</span><span>iː</span><span>n</span></span>/</a></span></span>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> <small about="#mwt19" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-fr&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-fr&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ana.is nin&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lang&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">French:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French" class="wl">[ana.is nin]</a></span>) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and <a href="/en/Erotica" title="Erotica" class="wl">erotica</a>. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer <a href="/en/Joaquín_Nin" title="Joaquín Nin" class="wl">Joaquín Nin</a> and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.</p>

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<div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/en/Hugh_Parker_Guiler" title="Hugh Parker Guiler" class="mw-redirect wl">Hugh Parker Guiler</a><br></div>
   <div style="line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px;"><span>​</span></div><span> </span><div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"><span>​</span></div><span>(</span><abbr about="#mwt15" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>married</span>&quot;}]]}">m.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span>1923<span>)</span><wbr><span>​</span></div>
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<div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/en/Rupert_Pole" title="Rupert Pole" class="wl">Rupert Pole</a></div>
   <div style="line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px;"><span>​</span></div><span> </span><div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"><span>​</span></div><span>(</span><abbr about="#mwt16" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>married</span>&quot;}]]}">m.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span>1955<span>;</span><span> </span><a href="/en/Annulment" title="Annulment" class="wl">annul.</a><span>&nbsp;</span>1966<span>)</span><wbr><span>​</span></div> (<a href="/en/Bigamy" title="Bigamy" class="wl">bigamy</a>)

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Joaquín_Nin" title="Joaquín Nin" class="wl">Joaquín Nin</a></li>
<li>Rosa Culmell</li></ul>

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<p>Nin wrote <a href="/en/Diary" title="Diary" class="wl">journals</a> prolifically from age eleven until her death. Her journals, many of which were published during her lifetime, detail her private thoughts and personal relationships. Her journals also describe her marriages to <a href="/en/Hugh_Parker_Guiler" title="Hugh Parker Guiler" class="mw-redirect wl">Hugh Parker Guiler</a> and <a href="/en/Rupert_Pole" title="Rupert Pole" class="wl">Rupert Pole</a>, in addition to her numerous affairs, including those with psychoanalyst <a href="/en/Otto_Rank" title="Otto Rank" class="wl">Otto Rank</a> and writer <a href="/en/Henry_Miller" title="Henry Miller" class="wl">Henry Miller</a>, both of whom profoundly influenced Nin and her writing.</p>

<p>In addition to her journals, Nin wrote several novels, critical studies, essays, short stories, and volumes of <a href="/en/Erotic_literature" title="Erotic literature" class="wl">erotica</a>. Much of her work, including the collections of erotica <i><a href="/en/Delta_of_Venus" title="Delta of Venus" class="wl">Delta of Venus</a></i> and <i><a href="/en/Little_Birds_(short_story_collection)" title="Little Birds (short story collection)" class="wl">Little Birds</a></i>, was published posthumously amid renewed critical interest in her life and work. Nin spent her later life in <a href="/en/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles" class="wl">Los Angeles</a>, California, where she died of <a href="/en/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer" class="wl">cervical cancer</a> in 1977. She was a finalist for the <a href="/en/Neustadt_International_Prize_for_Literature" title="Neustadt International Prize for Literature" class="wl">Neustadt International Prize for Literature</a> in 1976.</p>



Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris , and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author. Nin wrote journals prolifically from age eleven until her death. Her journals, many of which were published during her lifetime, detail her private thoughts and personal relationships. Her journals also describe her marriages to Hugh Parker Guiler and Rupert Pole, in addition to her numerous affairs, including those with psychoanalyst Otto Rank and writer Henry Miller, both of whom profoundly influenced Nin and her writing. In addition to her journals, Nin wrote several novels, critical studies, essays, short stories, and volumes of erotica. Much of her work, including the collections of erotica Delta of Venus and Little Birds, was published posthumously amid renewed critical interest in her life and work. Nin spent her later life in Los Angeles, California, where she died of cervical cancer in 1977. She was a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. 