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Natalie Clifford Barney
1877–1972
A bold American expatriate in Paris, she turned her home into one of the literary world’s most famous salons and wrote with wit about love, women, and freedom. Her life and work made her a lasting figure in feminist and lesbian literary history.
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Pensées d'une amazone
by Natalie Clifford Barney
Poems & Poèmes; autres alliances
by Natalie Clifford Barney
About the author
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Natalie Clifford Barney spent most of her life in Paris, where she became known as a writer and as the host of a remarkable salon on Rue Jacob that drew major French and international literary figures for decades. Britannica describes her as an American-born literary figure noted for her international salon, her friendships with writers, and her open lesbian identity.
She wrote poetry, plays, memoir, and sharp epigrams, often exploring themes of love, feminism, and relationships between women. Wikipedia notes that her salon became an important meeting place for modernist writers and artists, and that her influence extended beyond her own books through the community she built around her.
Barney died in Paris in 1972. She is remembered not only for what she published, but also for the space she created for conversation, experiment, and women’s literary culture in the 20th century.