Anais Nin
Nin with the writer George Leite in Berkeley, California , 1946
Born	Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( 1903-02-21 ) 21 February 1903 Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
Died	14 January 1977 (1977-01-14) (aged 73) Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Occupation	writer
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Anais Nin (full name: Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell) February 21, 1903 ? January 14, 1977. ( / ? æ n a? ? iː s ? n iː n / , ^[1] French:  [ana.is nin] ), was a French - Cuban -American novelist.

Her books were the basis of movies , including Henry & June (1990) and Delta of Venus (1994). She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Paris . Her parents were from Cuba . Her father Joaquin Nin was a well-known composer . Her mother Rosa Culmell was a classical singer. She spent her early years in Spain and Cuba and then lived in Paris. In Paris she became a close friend of the writer Henry Miller . She helped him get his first novel, Tropic of Cancer , published and wrote the preface to it. ^{[2] [3]}

She later moved to the United States and died there of cancer in Los Angeles . ^{[4] [5]}

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