current events | January 17, 2026

Famous People From Cuba

Birthdate: February 21, 1903

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine

Died: January 14, 1977

French-Cuban-American diarist, essayist, and novelist Anais Nin wrote several volumes of journals, erotica, novels, critical studies, essays, and short stories. Her journals and diaries are among her most studied works. She had a deep interest in psychoanalysis and studied it extensively with René Allendy and Otto Rank. Critics consider her one of the finest writers of female erotica.