Writers in hats

[HadleyH]

Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941) American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence "Winesburg, Ohio".

S.Anderson later in life (with the scarf)

William Carlos Williams ( 1883 – 1963) American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

Gertrude Stein ( 1874 – 1946)

 

[Nik Taylor]

Jack Kerouac in San Francisco, 1960

Ken Kesey

Critic, poet, and critic's critic TS Eliot on Love Beach, New Providence Island in 1957.

 

[lolly_loisides]

Barry Humphries (nice suit too).

 

[jimmy the lid]

William Faulkner- I found this on Google, never had seen a photo with him in a beard.

Has anyone ever seen Lefty and Faulkner in the same room at the same time?

 

[Nik Taylor]

William S. Burroughs

David Bowie William S. Burroughs

Allen Ginsberg

 

[theinterchange]

C.S. Lewis

I was looking for a photo of Lewis in a hat but came up dry. [I'm by no means a fan of his work, especially the Narnia books, but enjoyed The Great Divorce when I read it a few years back.]

 

[Nik Taylor]

Sherwood Anderson (1876 – 1941) American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence "Winesburg, Ohio".

S.Anderson later in life (with the scarf)

William Carlos Williams ( 1883 – 1963) American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.

I like the hats in these pictures thank you.....

 

[Chinaski]

Has anyone ever seen Lefty and Faulkner in the same room at the same time?

I haven't seen EITHER ONE OF THEM in a room! Certainly very suspicious...

 

[Tomasso]

Gay Telese

 

[hatophile]

Excellent contributions, folks. Lefty and Faulkner, separated at birth?

 

[HadleyH]

Scottish author Compton Mackenzie (1883 – 1972)

Scott Fitzgerald's early attempts at novel writing were greatly inspired by Compton Mackenzie's book "Sinister Street" (1914).


Early last century

in the early 1970s

 

[Tomasso]

You're very good at this pic hunting biz, Had. :eusa_clap

 

[CitizenGenet]

Christopher Hitchens is now sporting an interesting hat, but for sadder reasons:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/14/christopher-hitchens-cancer-interview

 

[C44Antelope]

Not known these days for his writing, but he did some so hows about Churchill.

 

[HadleyH]

You're very good at this pic hunting biz, Had. :eusa_clap

Thank you Tomasso!


Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)

In his long life Wyndham Lewis produced a remarkable quantity and variety of artistic work. He began his career as a painter .He was a leading literary figure in England during the 1910s and 1920s, when he initiated magazines. He wrote a great number of books. T. S. Eliot called him "the most fascinating personality of our time" .

 

[Nik Taylor]

Thank you Tomasso!


Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)

In his long life Wyndham Lewis produced a remarkable quantity and variety of artistic work. He began his career as a painter .He was a leading literary figure in England during the 1910s and 1920s, when he initiated magazines. He wrote a great number of books. T. S. Eliot called him "the most fascinating personality of our time" .

What a nice way to say farewell....

 

[rlk]

Hemingway Straw

similar hat:

 

[danofarlington]

similar hat:

There's a resemblance there. Hat, eyes, beard, prolific writer, machine gun--the whole nine yards!

 

[rlk]

Giuseppe di Lampedusa

 

[Atticus Finch]

Robert Ruark.