Novels of known French-American writer Anaïs Nin include
Winter of Artifice
(1939), and she published
The Diary of Anaïs Nin 1931-1974
from published 1966 to 1981.
This passionate eroticist and short story gained international fame with her journals. They span the years and give an account of voyage of self-discovery of one owman. "It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all." (from volume I, 1966)
People largely ignored her until the 1960s. Today, people regard her of the leading females of the 20th century and as a source of inspiration for women; she challenged conventionally defined gender roles.
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“A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.”