Djuna Barnes
American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982) · United States · Writers · Died at 90
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Something wrong?Djuna Barnes 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.
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Clipping from World Magazine, September 6, 1914
This satirical drawing of a dandyish Greenwich Village resident accompanied Barnes's 1916 article "How the Villagers Amuse Themselves".
Illustration by Barnes of a scene from J. M. Synge's play The Well of the Saints
Cover illustration, The Trend, by Djuna Barnes, issue of October 1914
The Fountain of the Four Bishops in Paris's Place Saint-Sulpice, an important location in Nightwood
Barnes's drawing of James Joyce illustrated her 1922 interview with him in Vanity Fair.
Patchin Place, where Barnes lived for 42 yearsFamily
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1982 · aged 90
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