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Djuna Barnes

Born June 12, 1892Died June 18, 1982

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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Books12

The Lydia Steptoe Stories

The Lydia Steptoe Stories

2019
Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs

Collected Poems: With Notes Toward the Memoirs

2004
Quel tipo di donna

Quel tipo di donna

1991

with May Sinclair, H.D., Gertrude Stein and Mary Butts

The Book of Repulsive Women and Other Poems

The Book of Repulsive Women and Other Poems

1989
The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings

The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings

1989
The Antiphon

The Antiphon

1958
The Antiphon: A Play

The Antiphon: A Play

1958
El bosque de la noche

El bosque de la noche

1936
Nightwood

Nightwood

1936
Ladies Almanack

Ladies Almanack

1928
El almanaque de las mujeres

El almanaque de las mujeres

1928
Smoke: and Other Early Stories

Smoke: and Other Early Stories

1917

Collections3

I Am Alien to Life: Selected Stories

I Am Alien to Life: Selected Stories

2024
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present

Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present

1994

with Audre Lorde, Christina Rossetti, Rita Mae Brown, Jewelle L. Gomez, Katherine Mansfield, Sigmund Freud, H.D., Maria Edgeworth, Carson McCullers, Gertrude Stein, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Ponsonby

Spillway and Other Stories

Spillway and Other Stories

1923