in the mid-1930s. At that time, the two books were widely considered obscene in the United States, and they were banned from sale there until 1961.
Some of Miller's other works include The Colossus of Maroussi and Big Sur and the Oranges of Heironymus Bosch.
Henry Miller was married five times and he also had an extended love affair with Anais Nin. He died in 1980 in his home in Pacific Palisades, California.