Authors photos

[tiganeasca]

My first reaction was that it could be a young Solzhenitsyn. Then I read your clue, and I thought it could be Natsume Soseki. Unfortunately, it doesn't look anything like Soseki in his older years. Now, I can't even decide whether or not the guy in the picture is Asian. ?‍

Well, it's actually not a clue to the first picture but it could be a clue to the second. And whether the first one is Asian or not, ah, well...such are the challenges of life.

 

[Stevie B]

That's odd. When I reviewed your post earlier, it only displayed the photo on the left. Then after your follow-up post referenced a second photo, I was able to see it for the first time. There's something familiar about that face, but an identity hasn't clicked yet. Regarding your lack of ethnicity help on the first guy, thanks for nothing!

 

[tiganeasca]

Always happy to be of service. ?

 

[Stevie B]

If I'm not mistaken about this photo, Jack Kerouac seems to be staring straight at Liam.

 

[Stevie B]

She was such a sweet lady that I feel a little guilty about posting this photo of Harper Lee... after I gave her a haircut.

 

[Stevie B]

If I were to post an image of these gentlemen as "mature" men, thye would be instantly recognizable. But as young men, perhaps not so much. (Too bad they don't have cats in their arms, but we can't have everything....)

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I know you're being stingy with clues, but might it be possible that the guy in bed is recovering from a war wound?

 

[tiganeasca]

It might be possible.

Possibly.

Or, then again, possibly not.


(Oh, what the hell. Yes.)


(And as long as I'm giving clues, his first name is Quentin. Or maybe it's Jack. Or is it Tom? Jeez, I'm so "mature" that my memory has slipped and now I've forgotten whose picture it is. Oh dear.)

 

[Liam]

If I'm not mistaken about this photo, Jack Kerouac seems to be staring straight at Liam.

One day I do hope to be reincarnated as Jack Kerouac's bar of soap, ?

 

[Liam]

H. E. Bates, one of my favorite authors, as a young man.

 

[Stevie B]

(And as long as I'm giving clues, his first name is Quentin. Or maybe it's Jack. Or is it Tom? Jeez, I'm so "mature" that my memory has slipped and now I've forgotten whose picture it is. Oh dear.)

I'll refresh your memory, then, and remind you it's a pic of a young and dashing Ernest Hemingway.

 

[Stevie B]

And speaking of war pics, this is an easy one. I can only hope the hair might stump you.

 

[Liam]

You'll never guess who THIS beautiful young woman turned out to be--

 

[tiganeasca]

1. Stevie: well, you're right of course. But would you have known without ALL THOSE CLUES I was forced to give you? (especially the cat clue)

2. Liam: based on hairstyle alone, one has to imagine it's Margaret Atwood. And, discretion being the better part of valor, I'll stop there.

 

[Liam]

Yep! She's kinda hard not to recognize, even at this tender age

 

[Stevie B]

1. Stevie: well, you're right of course. But would you have known without ALL THOSE CLUE I was forced to give you? (especially the cat clue)

I never would have guessed Hemingway by face. It was the hospital bed that was the bigger hint (which, just to clarify, I cluelessly deciphered and you merely confirmed). By the way, I had forgotten Hemingway was a cat lover, and I only learned about his feline affinity while watching the PBS documentary last year.

 

[Liam]

^My partner and I visited his house in Key West, years ago, where the descendants of his polydactyl cats still live! ?

 

[Stevie B]

^My partner and I visited his house in Key West, years ago, where the descendants of his polydactyl cats still live! ?

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With those paws, I bet the mice in that neighborhood don't stand a chance.

 

[Liam]

^It's all about the extra digit, Stevie! ?

 

[Bartleby]

I never would have guessed Hemingway by face. It was the hospital bed that was the bigger hint (which, just to clarify, I cluelessly deciphered and you merely confirmed). By the way, I had forgotten Hemingway was a cat lover, and I only learned about his feline affinity while watching the PBS documentary last year.

really? oh I'm afraid I got here late... immediately when I saw his pic I knew it was him. oh, and I have this doc on my watchlist. is it really as good as everyone say it is?

 

[Stevie B]

really? oh I'm afraid I got here late... immediately when I saw his pic I knew it was him. oh, and I have this doc on my watchlist. is it really as good as everyone say it is?

I learned so much about the man, not all of it good. It was the first time in years that I made sure to tune in to a TV program for multiple nights. I think you’ll like it. By the way, regarding Hemingway’s face in the picture, I knew it looked familiar, but I just couldn’t place it. I guess I’m still much more used to seeing it covered in a grey beard.