Djuna Barnes was born in Cornwall-upon-Hudson in New York, on June 2, 1892. She was born to an unconventional family, comprised of her parents, her father’s mistresses (he was a practicing polygamist), some siblings, and her grandmother. In her youth, she attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, followed by the Artist’s Student League. Barnes developed …
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Willa Cather
(December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) Biography: Willa Cather was a modern American writer most recognized for her regionalist and landscape writing. Cather was born as Wilella on December 7, 1873, in Back Creek Valley, Virginia and moved with her family to Nebraska at age nine. Cather initially entered University of Nebraska, aspiring to be a …