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Anaïs Nin

1903 - 1977

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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( AN-eye-EESS NEEN; French: [ana.is nin]; February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) 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 (1924–1940), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anaïs Nin is the 551st most popular writer (down from 508th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from France (down from 596th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular French Writer.

Anaïs Nin was a writer and diarist who was born in France and later moved to the United States. She is most famous for her diaries, which she wrote for over 30 years.

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Among writers, Anaïs Nin ranks 551 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean Paul, Enid Blyton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Rudaki, and Madame de La Fayette. After her are Camilo José Cela, Robert A. Heinlein, Alice Munro, Yunus Emre, Henry IV of Castile, and Matilde Camus.

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Among people born in 1903, Anaïs Nin ranks 26. Before her are Marguerite Yourcenar, Tamam Shud case, Lars Onsager, Kane Tanaka, Frank P. Ramsey, and Hugo Theorell. After her are Mustafa Barzani, Karl Hanke, Rudolf Abel, Nikolai Podgorny, Fahri Korutürk, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Among people deceased in 1977, Anaïs Nin ranks 22. Before her are Makarios III, Jacques Prévert, Ernst Bloch, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Kurt Schuschnigg, and Alexey Stakhanov. After her are Archibald Hill, Howard Hawks, Joan Crawford, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Clarice Lispector, and Bing Crosby.

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Among people born in France, Anaïs Nin ranks 650 out of 6,770. Before her are Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Sophie Marceau (1966), Aristide Maillol (1861), Madeleine of Valois (1520), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), and Madame de La Fayette (1634). After her are Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Roger Garaudy (1913), Rashi (1040), Pierre Richard (1934), Darius Milhaud (1892), and Alexandre Millerand (1859).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Anaïs Nin ranks 92. Before her are Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Camille Flammarion (1842), and Madame de La Fayette (1634). After her are Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Adam de la Halle (1245), Gaston Leroux (1868), Gérard de Nerval (1808), and Georges Perec (1936).

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