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SAXON HENRY

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Tag: famous writers

As a writer who puts words on a page (screen) every day, I’m in awe of the famous writers of the past. I take the time to read their works, visit the neighborhoods where they lived when I can and delve into their papers when possible.

Presenting one of my strongest diary entries about famous writers, I take you to Paris where I have explored Hemingway’s former neighborhoods on the Left Bank quite extensively. Using his memoir A Moveable Feast, I’ve channeled his mood as I made my way between the addresses of his apartments and studio to his favorite cafes, one of which is La Closerie des Lilas. I admire his muscle, which I’ve read in letters to others in their papers at the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

in a letter to Malcolm Cowley in 1945, for instance, he wrote, “Been working every day and going good. Makes a hell of a dull life too. But it is more fun than anything else. Do you remember how old [Ford Madox] Ford was always writing how [Joseph] Conrad suffered so when he wrote? How it was un métier du chien [a dog’s trade]. Do you suffer when you write? I don’t at all. Suffer like a bastard when I don’t write, or just before, and feel empty and fucked out afterwards. But never feel as good as while writing.” I have a number of posts under this tag so if you’ve enjoyed this snippet, I hope you’ll stop by and read about other famous writers.

Two tango dancers in Buenos Aires
Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Tatty Wreckage in Buenos Aires

Saxon Henry December 15, 2020 American poetsfamous writerskeeping diariesnovelists

This essay about my frame of mind in Buenos Aires is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

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Ernest Hemingway in Paris
Creative Writing Literature Travel

Life Lessons from a Research Library

Saxon Henry November 17, 2020 American poetsBeinecke LibraryEdith Whartonfamous writersGertrude Steinkeeping diarieslibrariesLost Generationnovelistssummer reading list

This essay exploring the life lessons I have learned from a research library is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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“The Funeral of Shelley” by Louis Édouard Fournier (1889); pictured in the centre are, from left, Trelawny, Hunt, and Byron.
Books Creative Writing Interior Design

Leigh Hunt Avid Decorator

Saxon Henry August 24, 2020 British poetsEnglandfamous writersGreat BritainLondonnobilitynonfiction writerspoetrysalonnieresummer reading list

This essay about the decorating exploits of Leigh Hunt is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the…

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Welsh Poet Thomas in nature
Books Creative Writing Literature

Dylan Thomas in America

Saxon Henry July 14, 2020 authenticityfamous writersNew York Citypoetrypopular moviessummer reading list

This essay exploring the downward spiral of Dylan Thomas during tours of America is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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When Pope Julius II commissioned Raphael to paint his personal library, one of the four frescoes he completed, The School of Athens, includes Michelangelo leaning on a makeshift table writing poetry. Image courtesy WikiMedia.
Books Literature Travel

Saluting the Renaissance Book Club

Saxon Henry June 11, 2020 books of lettersdead poets societyfamous writersFlorenceItalyMichelangeloPetrarchphilosophersRenaissanceWashington DC

This essay celebrating the first printing presses during the Renaissance in Florence, Italy, is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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Edgar Allan Poe
Creative Writing Literature Travel

It All Leads Back to Poe

Saxon Henry June 5, 2020 American poetsauthenticityfamous writerslibrariesNew York Citynovelistspoetrysummer reading list

This essay highlighting the influence that Edgar Allan Poe had on American literature is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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Aubrey Beardsley
Art Cultural Explorations Literature Travel

A Decadently Yellow London

Saxon Henry May 22, 2020 British poetsEnglandEzra Poundfamous writersLondonnonfiction writerspoetry

This essay channeling the Decadents and Aesthetes in London when it was decadently yellow is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34…

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Portrait of Ottoline Morrell by Adolf de Meyer taken in 1912. Image courtesy WikiMedia.
Art Literature Philanthropy

Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit

Saxon Henry May 8, 2020 British poetsEnglandfamous writersgrand residenceskeeping diariesLondonmemoirsnovelistspainterssalonnièreVirginia Woolf

This essay exploring the literary world of Ottoline Morrell is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Peggy Guggenheim at 81 in her palazzo in July 1979. Image: Marie Cosindas.
Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat

Saxon Henry April 18, 2020 American poetsfamous writersgrand residencesItalymemoirsPeggy GuggenheimVenice

This essay exploring the world of Peggy Guggenheim in Venice is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Honore de Balzac
Creative Writing Cultural Explorations Literature Travel

Balzac as a Human Comedy

Saxon Henry April 11, 2020 books of lettersfamous writersFrancenovelistsPariswriting desks

This essay channeling Balzac in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures…

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