Anais Nin
Anais Nin was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. She gained international fame for her diary, which consists of eleven published volumes and 35,000 handwritten pages.
Essayist
February 21, 1903
Pisces
January 14, 1977
73
Neuilly, France
Anaïs Nin, a French-American writer and diarist, gained recognition for her published diaries that combined personal narratives, philosophical reflections, and themes of sensuality and human relationships. Among her most renowned works are “Delta of Venus,” “Little Birds,” and “A Spy in the House of Love.” Active in the 20th-century literary and artistic circles of Paris and New York City, Nin attracted a vast young readership in the United States and Europe. Her diaries, comprising eleven published volumes and 35,000 handwritten pages, continue to captivate and inspire readers today.