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In the multi-volume memoir The Diary of Anais Nin (1931-74), Anais Nin said she had a love affair with Vidal, who denied her claim in his memoir Palimpsest (1995).

Question: Who was Anais Nin?
Self-contained rewrite: Who was Anais Nin for Gore Vidal?