Some become stars in the early stages of their careers, but there are some very outstanding creators who had to work for almost five decades to achieve success. Now we show you 4 unavoidable writers who only became famous in the second half of their lives.
JRR Tolkien
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien decades after his death in 1973, he is already referred to as a literary genius and the father of fantasy, The Lord of the Rings and his three-part novel is one of the most popular stories of all time. However, few people know that it is a breakthrough The Hobbit it was only published in 1937 when he was 45 years old. The Lord of the Rings and he continued to refine his extremely complex storylines for nearly two decades, and the story was only published in 1954, when Tolkien was already 62 years old.
Cormac McCarthy
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The writer, who died in 2023 at the age of 89, is considered by many to be one of the most prominent figures in modern American literature. His uncentered, raw, lifelike, yet philosophical prose had a great influence on his contemporaries – even though his early career as a writer was not very successful. It was published in 1985, at the age of 52 Bloody Meridians he earned critical acclaim with his book, but the real breakthrough came only in 1992 Wild horses brought it when he was almost 60 years old.
Bram Stoker
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For most of his life, the Irish artist was not known for his literary work, but for the fact that Sir Henry Irving worked as his personal assistant. Although he also published novels in this period, his first volume in 1875 and the main work of his life, the Dracula 22 years passed between its publication: he was already 50 years old when the vampire novel debuted. The story became popular almost immediately, and today it is considered one of the best-known works of English literature.
Charles Bukowski
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In 1971 in Los Angeles Charles Bukowskii published by a local independent publisher, Black Sparrow Postal his novel. The book, based on his own experiences, became a success almost immediately: it sold nearly 100,000 copies within a short time, and the critics also praised it. Today, few people know that Bukowski was 51 years old when the novel was published, and that he achieved great international fame only after his death in 1994, and is much more popular than at any time during his life.
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