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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
  10. Edgar Allan Poe
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
  10. Edgar Allan Poe
  11. Franz Schubert
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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
  10. Edgar Allan Poe
  11. Franz Schubert
  12. Emily Brontë

She died less than a year after the publication of Wuthering Heights, and before it was recognized as a masterpiece

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Poe was pretty famous (especially for “The Raven”), although not nearly as financially successful as he wanted to be, by the time he died.

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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
  10. Edgar Allan Poe
  11. Franz Schubert
  12. Emily Brontë
  13. John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces was published 11 years after his death,

Next: Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
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Hey Bullitt,

All these cities are not “the furthest from your home.”
There are no formal rules here, but in fairness to other posters, could you please give others a chance to post before dominating every thread?

Thank you,
Leaffan - On behalf of the OP since he no longer posts here

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Psst … see #7.

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Creative people who died before achieving fame

  1. Vincent Van Gogh
  2. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Jonathan Larson
  4. Franz Kafka
  5. Emily Dickinson
  6. Stig Larson
  7. John Kennedy Toole
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. Ernest Scribbler
  10. Edgar Allan Poe
  11. Franz Schubert
  12. Emily Brontë
  13. Edouard Manet

Next: Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
  4. Yule log - common practice among Nordic and Germanic peoples at the winter solstice
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
  4. Yule log - common practice among Nordic and Germanic peoples at the winter solstice
  5. Gift giving - The Romans exchanged gifts for Saturnalia.
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
  4. Yule log - common practice among Nordic and Germanic peoples at the winter solstice
  5. Gift giving - The Romans exchanged gifts for Saturnalia.
  6. The December 25th date itself - A nod to the pagan celebration of the winter solstice.
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
  4. Yule log - common practice among Nordic and Germanic peoples at the winter solstice
  5. Gift giving - The Romans exchanged gifts for Saturnalia.
  6. December 25 - date chosen to appropriate many pagan holidays.
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Christmas traditions with Pagan origins

  1. Holly - used to drive evil spirits away from trees during winter so they could resume growing
  2. Mistletoe - Pre-Christian cultures regarded the white berries as symbols of male fertility, with the seeds resembling semen. The Celts, particularly, saw mistletoe as the semen of Taranis, while the Ancient Greeks referred to mistletoe as “oak sperm.” [quoting from der Wiki]
  3. Christmas Tree - Tree worship was common among the pagans as well as Vikings and Saxons.
  4. Yule log - common practice among Nordic and Germanic peoples at the winter solstice
  5. Gift giving - The Romans exchanged gifts for Saturnalia.
  6. December 25 - date chosen to appropriate many pagan holidays.
  7. St. Lucy’s Day - candles carried by girls in Nordic countries, maybe rooted in Germanic pagan mid-winter ceremonies