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Djuna Barnes (/ ˈ dʒ uː n ɑː /, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) 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.
- June 18, 1982 (aged 90), New York City, US
- Modernism
- June 12, 1892, Storm King Mountain, Orange County, New York, US
Djuna Barnes (born June 12, 1892, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.—died June 18?, 1982, New York, New York) was an avant-garde American writer who was a well-known figure in the Parisian literary scene of the 1920s and ’30s.
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Jan 26, 2020 · Learn about Djuna Barnes, an American artist, writer, journalist, and illustrator who created modernist and lesbian literature. Explore her life, works, and influence in this comprehensive biography.
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May 26, 2017 · How did the modernist author Djuna Barnes challenge and subvert the categories of sexual identity in her works? Explore her queer fiction, her relationship with Thelma Wood, and her complex legacy.
Jun 16, 2012 · 1 of 1. i. View slideshow. A writer, illustrator and provocateur in the Roaring '20s, Djuna Barnes stood out. "She was much more interested in embracing the quirky and embracing that idea that...
Jun 18, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Djuna Barnes, a queer, modernist writer who wrote the novel Nightwood, a classic of queer literature. Discover how Barnes's novel influenced the author of a short story collection titled Night Beast.
Jun 3, 2017 · Learn about the life and works of Djuna Barnes, an American writer who became well-known in the Parisian avant-garde literary scene of the 1920s and 1930s. Discover her unconventional family, her love affairs, and her masterpiece Nightwood, a modernist novel with a transgender character.
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