I seem drawn to authors who experienced tragic lives. When I read their works and their biographies, I ask myself, how can someone so gifted be so self destructive?
Some of them had conflicted or troubled childhoods. Others experienced much loss (Edgar Allan Poe). Still others were so conflicted about themselves (Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath). I am amazed by the amount of work they put out.
Would these authors be as famous as they were, if they suffered no tragedy and conflict? I'll never know. Perhaps this is where their genius is expressed. Some of the best writing is produced during troubled times.
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