Djuna Barnes

Djuna Barnes 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.

12 June 1892

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Adriaen van Stalbemt • Chick Corea • Chips Moman • Christopher Derrick • Dave Franco • Edmond Hébert • Emperor Reizei • Jacques Brassard • John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg • Maria Amalia of Courland • Shonica Wharton • Takashi Yamazaki • Vic Damone

Born in the same month (June 1892): Amanullah Khan • Basil Rathbone • Carl Panzram • Jaan Kikkas • Leo Reise • Paul Colin (artist) • Pearl S. Buck • Pierre Blanchar • Reinhold Niebuhr • Robert Ritter von Greim • Shirō Ishii