Person Detail: Djuna Barnes
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| Full Name: Djuna Barnes | ||
| Biography: (1892-1982) Novelist, journalist, artist. Barnes' autobiographical novel "Nightwood" (1936) was recently named one of the 10 greatest lesbian novels of the 20th century. Barnes lived at 5 Patchin Place, Greenwich Village, New York, New York from 1940 until she died in 1982. |
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| Year: 1892 | Event: BIRTH |
Orange County Djuna Chappell Barnes was born in Cornwall-On-Hudson, New York in 1892. |
| Year: 1911 | Event: OTHER |
Kings County Barnes entered the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1911. |
| Year: 1915 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings Poetry collection. |
| Year: 1923 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County A Book Poetry collection. |
| Year: 1928 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Ladies Almanack |
| Year: 1928 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Ryder Family chronicle. |
| Year: 1936 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Nightwood Novel. |
| Year: 1940 | Event: RESIDENCE |
New York County Barnes lived in Manhattan, New York from 1940 - 1982. |
| Year: 1962 | Event: LITWORK |
(Unknown) County Spillway |
| Year: 1982 | Event: DEATH |
New York County Djuna Barnes died in New York, New York in 1982. |
| Year: 1982 | Event: INTERMENT |
New York County Barnes' body was cremated and the ashes scattered, Greenwich Village, New York, New York. |
| Year: ? | Event: OTHER |
New York County Barnes studied briefly at the Art Students League in New York, New York. |
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