Famous authors' study and desk

[Fernan]

Another thread invites all of us to post a picture of our desk and work area -- https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...?showtopic=7369.

 

I have found a book at my local library, entitled « Univers d'écriture », Photography by Gilbert Nencioli. It is a collection of photos of famous mostly French modern writers (with the exception of Umberto Eco, Patricia Highsmith, and P. D. James). Many have fountain pens on their desks, along with inkwells and ink bottles, while others have a ball points, pencils, a typewriter, or a personal computer, or a combination of these. Some have clean, neat desks, while others are piled up with lots of books, paper, or all sorts of objects lying all over -- ashtrays, pipes, photos, even dolls, souvenirs, electronics, phones, personal memorablia, ... It is really interesting to study these photos, just like the photos FPN members have posted on the thread mentionned above.

 

Here are a few other photos taken from the Life magazine collection of photos that can be researched through Google.

 

Photo of American writer John O'Hara, taken in March 1962 : http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...:life%26hl%3Dfr

 

Photo of British writer Somerset Maugham, taken in Nice, France, in 1939 : http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...l%3Dfr%26sa%3DN

 

1901 photo of Russian author Leo Tolstoy : http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?img...l%3Dfr%26sa%3DN

 

 

Fernan

 

 

[Blade Runner]

I have the perfect book for you -

The Writer's desk by photographer Jill Krementz (wife of Kurt Vonnegut).

A marvelous collection.

[Fernan]

I'll look aroung for it. Thanks for the reference.

 

 

Fernan

[wpblaw]

I'll look aroung for it. Thanks for the reference.

 

 

Fernan

 

Barnes & Noble sells a calendar featuring the photos, but the book is out of print. It's a fun book if you can find it, but the calendar gives you the gist.

[Fernan]

Thank you.

 

I looked for it at the University library as well as at my municipal library, and have not found it yet.

 

There are no Barnes and Noble around in my city, so I guess I'll have to look elsewhere, maybe Chapters.

 

 

Fernan

[wpblaw]

Thank you.

 

I looked for it at the University library as well as at my municipal library, and have not found it yet.

 

There are no Barnes and Noble around in my city, so I guess I'll have to look elsewhere, maybe Chapters.

 

 

Fernan

 

 

Oops, of course. Good luck.

[blopplop]

Thanks for starting this thread. Very cool!

 

Check out this link to Charles Spurgeon's library.

 

http://www.spurgeon.org/fsl/library.htm

 

 

Dave

[xmattxyzx]

Some heavy hitters' desks are featured here.

[xmattxyzx]

And someone posted this cool picture a little while ago of Witold Gombrowicz.

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/3126211634_01d6130d1e.jpg