Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell 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.

Anais Nin was a 20th-century diarist. She began what became her life-long work of art in 1914 at the age of eleven and continued writing until her death at the age of 63.

Anais was also the author of autobiographical novellas and erotic. A gregarious socialite, she was known for her exotic persona and stormy personal life.

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