Posthumous publication

Posthumous publication refers to the publication (the act of publishing) of creative work after the author's death. This can be because the author died before the work was completed or while trying to find a publisher. For example, Stieg Larsson died suddenly having submitted the first two of the Millennium novel series to a publisher.[1] Other authors desire publication not to happen until after their death. Mark Twain did not want his autobiography to be published until 100 years after his death.[2]

Posthumous publication can be controversial if it is believed that the author would not have wished the material to be published. For example, critics of a collection poems by Philip Larkin argued that many of the poems were unfinished or from early in his career, and that he would never have wished them to be made public.[3]

See also

List of works published posthumously

References
  1. Rising, Malin (17 February 2009). "Swedish crime writer finds fame after death". Washington Post. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. Glor, Jeff (17 October 2010). "Dead 100 years, Mark Twain lets loose". CBS News. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. Biswell, Andrew (31 August 2018). "From Tolkien to Burgess: the ethics of posthumous publication". The Conversation. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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