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Natalie Clifford Barney

1876 - 1972

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Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972) was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. She influenced other authors through her salon and also with her poetry, plays, and epigrams, often thematically tied to her lesbianism and feminism. Barney was born into a wealthy family. She was partly educated in France, and expressed a desire from a young age to live openly as a lesbian. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natalie Clifford Barney is the 1,324th most popular writer (up from 1,593rd in 2019), the 1,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,971st in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 1,324 out of 7,302. Before her are Bhartṛhari, Adam Oehlenschläger, Ivan Vazov, Lobsang Rampa, Polyaenus, and Emmanuelle Arsan. After her are Lu Yu, Abu Tammam, Samuel R. Delany, Henri Murger, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Widukind of Corvey.

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Among people born in 1876, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 47. Before her are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Jean Webster, Robert Michels, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. After her are Ivan Bilibin, Ziya Gökalp, Robert Guérin, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Ettore Bastico, and Anna de Noailles. Among people deceased in 1972, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 46. Before her are Lale Andersen, Said bin Taimur, Ferdinand Čatloš, Louis Leakey, Josep Samitier, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. After her are Eugène Tisserant, Fredric Brown, Bronislava Nijinska, Akim Tamiroff, Jo Bonnier, and Lester B. Pearson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 1,901 out of 20,380. Before her are Barry Seal (1939), Ben Gazzara (1930), Elliott Gould (1938), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), John Foster Dulles (1888), and Robert Loggia (1930). After her are Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Kim Carnes (1945), Benjamin Bloom (1913), and Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Natalie Clifford Barney ranks 151. Before her are Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Carson McCullers (1917), James Ellroy (1948), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and Anthony Bourdain (1956). After her are Samuel R. Delany (1942), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Nora Roberts (1950), Martha Gellhorn (1908), and Fredric Brown (1906).

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