George Bernard Shaw by Edmund S. Valtman, 1964.
George Bernard Shaw by Edmund S. Valtman, 1964.
Writers in Art: George Bernard Shaw
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Category Archives: Dead Writers
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: James Joyce/Gene Kelly Mashup
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”-James Joyce (born on 2 February 1882)
Gene Kelly (died 2 February 1996)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Langston Hughes!
Langston Hughes was born on 1 February 1902.
Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten, February 1936.
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”-Langston Hughes
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“It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.”-Gertrude Stein
27 January 1832: Welcome to the World, Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was born on 27 January 1832.
Lewis Carroll, 1863. We probably don’t want to know what he was thinking.
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.”
A Mad Tea-Party by Sir John Tenniel.
Images of Renowned Authors as Children, Part One
Everyone was a child once, even serious wordsmiths. Let’s get started:
A pouty Eugene O’Neill:
Eugene O’Neill, 1892-1894.
Leo Tolstoy Quote
Leo Tolstoy Quote
A Trio of Literary Birthdays: Burns, Maugham, Woolf
Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759.
Robert Burns
“Let them cant about decorum, who have characters to lose!”-Robert Burns
W. Somerset Maugham was born 25 January 1874.
W. Somerset Maugham
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”-W. Somerset Maugham
Virginia Woolf was born on 25 January 1882.
Virginia Woolf by Roger Fry
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”-Virginia Woolf
Born 152 Years Ago Today: Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was born on 24 January 1862. Here she is, through the years:
Edith Wharton by Edward Harrison May, 1870
Edith Wharton by E.F. Cooper, circa 1889
Edith Wharton, 1907
Edith Wharton, 1915
Edith Wharton, pre-1919
[Book Nerd Art] Tales of the Jazz Age
Tales of the Jazz Age, 1921
Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922. Artwork: John Held, Jr.
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