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Djuna Barnes
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American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)
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Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) was an American poet, novelist, writer, and playwright. Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, she died in Greenwich Village. Her notable work includes *Nightwood*. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and wrote in English, while also speaking Catalan. Barnes was educated at the Pratt Institute and the Art Students League of New York. She worked in Paris and was the unmarried partner of Thelma Wood. Her archives are held at the University of Maryland.
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- Born
- 1892-06-12
- Died
- 1982-06-18
- Works
- 118
Top works
- Anthology of Magazine Verse For 1920
- Anthology of Magazine Verse For 1920
- The book of repulsive women
- Radical Shadows
- The Horse Story Megapack
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1892-06-12 ) June 12, 1892, Storm King Mountain, Orange County , New York, NY, U.S.
- Died
- June 18, 1982 (1982-06-18) (aged 90), New York City, NY, U.S.
- Pen name
- Lydia Steptoe A Lady of Fashion Gunga Duhl, the Pen Performer
- Occupation
- Novelist poet journalist artist
- Literary movement
- Modernism
- Notable works
- Ladies Almanack (1928), Nightwood (1936)
- Relatives
- Zadel Barnes (paternal grandmother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- creative work
- Family name
- Barnes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Place of death
- Greenwich Village
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- Art Students League of New York
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- lesbian literature
- Movement
- modernist literature
- Image
- Djunabarnes.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Djuna Barnes
- date of death
- 1982-06-18
- date of birth
- 1892-06-12
- pseudonym
- Lydia Steptoe
- unmarried partner
- Thelma Wood
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Zadel Barnes Gustafson
- P8168
- M72
- place of burial
- Greenwich Village
- P12674
- Wolfgang Stammberger
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- Djuna Barnes
- name in native language
- Djuna Barnes
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Encyclopedic overview
Djuna Barnes (/ˈdʒuːnɑː/ JOO-nah; 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.
In 1913, Barnes began her career as a freelance journalist and illustrator for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. By early 1914, Barnes was a highly sought feature reporter, interviewer, and illustrator whose work appeared in the city's leading newspapers and periodicals. Later, Barnes's talent and connections with prominent Greenwich Village bohemians afforded her the opportunity to publish her prose, poems, illustrations, and one-act plays in both avant-garde literary journals and popular magazines, and publish an illustrated volume of poetry, The Book of Repulsive Women (1915).
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