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Nin was raised a Roman Catholic and spent her childhood and early life in Europe.

After her parents separated, her mother moved Anaïs and her two brothers, Thorvald Nin and Joaquin Nin-Culmell, to Barcelona, and then to New York City.

According to her diaries, Volume One, 1931 – 1934, Nin abandoned formal schooling at the age of sixteen years and later began working as an artist's model.

After being in America for several years, Nin had forgotten how to speak Spanish, but retained her French and became fluent in English.