Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes was born in 1892 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, into an eccentric and troubled family. She began her career as a journalist and illustrator in New York, writing vivid feature articles and conducting daring stunts for newspapers before moving to Paris in the 1920s, where she became a central figure in the expatriate literary community. Her circle included James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Peggy Guggenheim, and Natalie Barney. Nightwood, published in 1936 with an introduction by T.S. Eliot, drew heavily on her tumultuous relationship with the sculptor Thelma Wood. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Nightwood.