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The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation.

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
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Obscenity
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