Anaïs Nin papers, 1969-1991.

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Anaïs Nin papers, 1969-1991.

Small collection of items relating to Anaïs Nin. Material includes a postcard from Nin to Brion Gysin, a letter from Noel Riley Fitch to Peter Owen, typescript of Nin's introduction to Anna Kavan's novel Ice, a letter from Nin to Bertrand Mathieu and a Mathieu postcard to Tom Wall. The bulk of the collection consists of 22 letters between Gunther Stuhlman and Peter Owen, along with Stuhlmann's draft preface and introductions for Nin's Cities of the Interior, Ladders to Fire, and Children of the Albatross.

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Fitch, Noël Riley

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American biographer. From the description of Appetite for Life : files, 1973-1998. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 50234156 Noël Riley Fitch (1937-) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and educated at Northwest Nazarene College (B.A., 1959) and Washington State University (M.A., 1965 and Ph.D., 1969). She was professor of literature (1971-1987) and chair of the Department of Literature and Modern Languages (1982 -1985) at Point Loma Co...

Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977

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The complex and diverse prose of Anaïs Nin mirrors her life. She published nonfiction, journals, short stories, novels, and erotica, and worked as a model, a dancer, and a psychoanalyst. Most of her prose was influenced by surrealism, and features an experimental style and psychological themes. The publication of her diaries, begun at the age of eleven as an open letter to her departed father, brought her fame and made her a sought-after lecturer. Her artistic prose, colorful life, and relation...

Gysin, Brion.

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Brion Gysin was born on January 19, 1916, in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Gysin first established himself as a painter, attending the Sorbonne from 1934-1935 and associating with figures such as Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Salvador Dali. In 1935 he participated in the Surrealist Drawing Exhibitions, although his work was withdrawn by Surrealist founder Andre Breton. Gysin also attended the University of Bordeaux from 1949-1952 and Archivos de India at the University of Seville from 1952-195...

Mathieu, Bertrand 1952-....

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Owen, Peter, 1951-

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Wall, Tom

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Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968

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Author, artist, and interior decorator Anna Kavan published early, romantic novels under her real name, Helen Ferguson. She eventually adopted the pseudonym Anna Kavan--taken from the name of one of her own characters--to produce powerful, confessional stories reflecting her own turbulent life, which included emotional and psychological problems, and more than thirty years of heroin addiction. From the description of Anna Kavan letters and reviews, 1956-1962. (Pennsylvania State Univ...