Autor/-in: Natalie Clifford Barney

Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) was an American-born writer of poems, epigrams, and memoirs. She was also well known for her weekly salon in Paris that drew avant-garde writers, artists, musicians, and intellectuals to her home for more than sixty years. Chelsea Ray is an associate professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Maine at Augusta. She has been honored as a Chevalier des palmes académiques by France's Ministry of Education.