Networks of Anglophone LGBTQ+ Exile Writers

From 1900 to 1969

With the support of

An inscription on the tomb of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris taken from the epitaph of The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)

This project visualizes the global connections between twentieth-century LGBTQ+ exile writers by tracing their movement and creative exchanges across space and time in a series of interactive maps, graphs, and timelines.

Sankey Diagram for Author Meetings

This diagram shows meetings between LGBTQ+ exile writers organized according to location.

Timeline of Author Meetings and Material Exchanges

This timeline shows meetings and creative exchanges between LGBTQ+ exile writers organized according to date.

Map of Author Meetings

This map plots meetings between LGBTQ+ exile writers across the globe.

Map of Correspondence Between Authors

This map plots places where letters were exchanged between LGBTQ+ exile writers across the globe.

Force-Directed Graph of Author Meetings and Material Exchanges

This graph shows meetings and creative exchanges between LGBTQ+ exile writers organized according to the relative density of connections.