June Miller

June Mansfield Miller
Miller circa 1933.
Born
Juliet Edith Smerth

(1902-01-07)January 7, 1902
DiedFebruary 1, 1979(1979-02-01) (aged 77)
Other namesJune Mansfield, June Smith, Juliet Edith Smerdt
Spouses
(m. 1924; div. 1934)
Stratford Corbett
(m. 1935; div. 1947)

June Miller (January 7 or 28, 1902 – February 1, 1979)[1] was the second wife of novelist Henry Miller. He wrote prolifically about her and their relationship in his books, usually using the pseudonyms Mona or Mara interchangeably. She also appears prominently in the early diaries of Anaïs Nin.

  1. ^ Mary V. Dearborn's 1991 biography, The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller, p. 80, gives June Miller's birthday as January 7, 1902; Robert Ferguson's biography from the same year, Henry Miller: A Life, p. 78, gives her birthday as January 28, 1902.