Anaïs Nin is a French-born author of novels and short stories whose literary reputation rests on the eight published volumes of her personal diaries.

She was born on February 21st 1903 in Neuilly, France and died on January the 14th 1977, Los Angeles, USA.

She wrought to New York by her mother in 1914, Nin was educated there but later returned to Europe. She launched her literary career with the publication of D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study (1932); the book led to a lifelong friendship with the American author Henry Miller.

At the beginning of the World War II, Nin returned to New York City. There she continued—at her own expense—to print and publish her novels and short stories, and, although no critical acclaim was forthcoming, her works were admired by many leading literary figures of the time. Not until 1966, with the appearance of the first volume of her diaries, did she win recognition as a writer of significance. The success of the diary provoked interest in her earlier work Cities of the Interior (1959), a five-volume roman-fleuve, or continuous novel, which consists of Ladders to Fire (1946), Children of the Albatross (1947), The Four-Chambered Heart (1950), A Spy in the House of Love (1954), and Solar Barque (1958).

Her literary contribution was a subject of controversy in her lifetime and remained so after her death. Many critics admired her unique expression of femininity, her lyrical style, and her psychological insight. Some dismissed her concern with her own fulfillment as self-indulgent and narcissistic. Opinion was further divided by the posthumous Delta of Venus: Erotica (1977) and later collections of previously unpublished erotic stories written on commission during the financially lean years of the early 1940s. Her other works of fiction include a collection of short stories, Under a Glass Bell (1944); the novels House of Incest (1936), Seduction of the Minotaur (1961), and Collages (1964); and three novelettes collected in Winter of Artifice (1939).

The movie follows the part of her life when,  living in 1930s Paris, Anaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller and his wife June, beginning her pursuit of pleasure and literary art.

This is the story of a feminist pioneer of erotica, still among the most frank descriptions of female sexual experience.

A lovely movie.

 

 

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Sources :

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anais-Nin