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Djuna Barnes


USA flag (1892 - 1982)

Djuna Barnes (12 June, 1892 - 18 June, 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role in the Greenwich Village of the teens. Her novel Nightwood became a cult work of modern fiction, helped by an introduction by T. S. Eliot. It stands out today for its portrayal of lesbian themes and its distinctive writing style. Since Barnes's death, interest in her work has grown and many of her books are back in print.
 
 
Novels
   A Book (1923)
     aka A Night Among the Horses / Spillway
   Ryder (1928)
   Nightwood (1937)
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Collections
   The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes (1962)
   Spillway and Other Stories (1972)
   Vagaries Malicieux (1974)
   Smoke (1982)
   Creatures in an Alphabet (poems) (1982)
   The Book of Repulsive Women (poems) (1994)
   The Collected Stories of Djuna Barnes (1998)
   Barnesbook (poems) (1999) (with Jackson Mac Low)
   Collected Poems (poems) (2005)
   The Lydia Steptoe Stories (2019)
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