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Djuna Barnes

1892 - 1982

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Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.In 1913, Barnes began her career as a freelance journalist and illustrator for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. By early 1914, Barnes was a highly sought feature reporter, interviewer, and illustrator whose work appeared in the city's leading newspapers and periodicals. Later, Barnes's talent and connections with prominent Greenwich Village bohemians afforded her the opportunity to publish her prose, poems, illustrations, and one-act plays in both avant-garde literary journals and popular magazines, and publish an illustrated volume of poetry, The Book of Repulsive Women (1915).In 1921, a lucrative commission with McCall's took Barnes to Paris, where she lived for the next 10 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Djuna Barnes has received more than 828,198 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Djuna Barnes is the 1,790th most popular writer (up from 2,072nd in 2019), the 2,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,711th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ryder
1928
Nightwood
Fiction, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature
1936
Smoke, and other early stories
Manners and customs, Fiction, Short stories
1982
The book of repulsive women
1948
Ladies almanack
1928

Page views of Djuna Barnes by language

Over the past year Djuna Barnes has had the most page views in the with 85,214 views, followed by Spanish (9,380), and German (8,472). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (318.27%), Serbo-Croatian (63.51%), and Estonian (56.81%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Djuna Barnes ranks 1,790 out of 7,302. Before her are Gottfried von Strassburg, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, Robert Silverberg, and Gabriel Naudé. After her are Joseph D. Pistone, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Manuel Puig, Betty Friedan, and Frans Sammut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Djuna Barnes ranks 93. Before her are Arnold Hauser, Reinhold Niebuhr, Konstantin Paustovsky, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Alice Ball, and Radola Gajda. After her are Nikolai Polikarpov, Agnes Smedley, Ivan Šubašić, Dietrich von Saucken, Edoardo Agnelli, and Ludwig Crüwell. Among people deceased in 1982, Djuna Barnes ranks 82. Before her are Wifredo Lam, Werner Naumann, Roberto Calvi, King Vidor, Henry King, and Jean Girault. After her are Pavel Alexandrov, Valerio Zurlini, Bess Truman, Isa Miranda, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and Gara Garayev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Djuna Barnes ranks 2,255 out of 20,380. Before her are Carl Wieman (1951), Cy Twombly (1928), Robert Silverberg (1935), Terry O'Quinn (1952), James Rothman (1950), and Joe Perry (1950). After her are Henry Murray (1893), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Johnny Winter (1944), Stanley Donen (1924), Chazz Palminteri (1952), and Michael Walzer (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Djuna Barnes ranks 198. Before her are Dorothy Parker (1893), Richard Ford (1944), Suzanne Collins (1962), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Patricia Cornwell (1956), and Robert Silverberg (1935). After her are Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Betty Friedan (1921), Agnes Smedley (1892), Frederik Pohl (1919), Stephen Crane (1871), and Rick Riordan (1964).

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