Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes (June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an avant-garde American writer. Her most famous works include Nightwood and Ladies Almanack.¹

Works

• The Book of Repulsive Women: 8 Rhythms and 5 Drawings (1915)
• Ryder (1928)
• Ladies Almanack (1928)
• Nightwood (1936)
• The Antiphon (1958)
• Spillway (1962)
• Selected works of Djuna Barnes (1980)
• Creatures in an Alphabet (1982)
• Smoke and Other Early Stories (1982)
• Interviews (1985)
• I could never be lonely without a husband (1987)
• New York (1989)
• At the roots of the stars (1995)
• Poe’s Mother: Selected Drawings (1995)
• Collected Stories (2000)
• Collected Poems (2005)
• Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes (2016)
• The Lydia Steptoe Stories (2019)
• Biography of Julie von Bartmann (2020)

See also

• Djuna Barnes quotes

External Links

• Academy of American Poets profile
• Goodreads profile
• Works on Project Gutenberg
• Works on LibriVox
• Portrait of Barnes in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

References

1. “Djuna Barnes.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Accessed July 23, 2020.