15 Silly Photos of Serious Writers

Nothing is better than seeing folks relax, cut loose and have a good time – especially when they are the serious minds behind some of literature’s greatest triumphs. Flavorwire has a marvelous post of photographs of serious writers enjoying themselves in various wacky ways – Ernest Hemingway, Marcel Proust, Eudora Welty and more.

My personal favorite is this shot, of a very somber looking Edward Gorey – with his enormous teddy bear: