Anaïs Nin Biography

Nin is hailed by many critics as one of the finest writers of female erotica. She was one of the first women known to explore fully the realm of erotic writing, and certainly the first prominent woman in the modern West known to write erotica. Before her, erotica acknowledged to be written by women was rare.

A great deal of her work, including "Delta of Venus and Little Birds", was published posthumously.

Nin is hailed by many critics as one of the finest writers of female erotica. She was one of the first women known to explore fully the realm of erotic writing, and certainly the first prominent woman in the modern West known to write erotica. Before her, erotica acknowledged to be written by women was rare.

Selected works:

• Waste of Timelessness: And Other Early Stories (written before 1932, published posthumously)
• D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study (1932)
• House of Incest (1936)
• Winter of Artifice (1939)

Cities of the Interior (1959), in five volumes:

• Ladders to Fire
• Children of the Albatross
• The Four-Chambered Heart
• A Spy in the House of Love
• Seduction of the Minotaur, originally published as Solar Barque (1958)
• Delta of Venus (1977)
• Little Birds (1979)
• Collages (1964)
• The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin (1931–1947), in four volumes
• The Diary of Anaïs Nin, in seven volumes, edited by herself
• The Novel of the Future (1968)
• In Favor of the Sensitive Man (1976)
• Fire: From A Journal of Love (1995)
• Nearer the Moon: From A Journal of Love (1996)
• Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin 1939-1947 (2013)