Comments on: 10 Literary Geniuses Who Went To Jail http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: vermilionskin http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-455801 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:41:08 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-455801 It was fun to read, we need more of this.

]]> By: solaris station http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-450210 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:03:26 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-450210 Bukowski had visited the jail, for a short time though.

]]> By: ANRE http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-435606 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:42:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-435606 Wow…. no mention of Dostoyevsky? Not only was he imprisoned in a Russian labor camp in Siberia for printing tracts, he was also sentenced to death. His sentence wasn’t commuted until the 11th hour as he was walked out to the execution blindfolded.

]]> By: minimalist http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-426261 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:50:39 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-426261 Dr. Jose Rizal.

]]> By: carlos http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-421137 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:51:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-421137 Normal society isn’t made for geniuses nor usually tolerate them, overall, geniuses of art, painting, literature… Geniuses of science are usually more quiet people if the Vatican lets them in peace. Yes, many were delinquents. as Caravaggio.

]]> By: T. Cornfield http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-366058 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:41:24 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-366058 check out Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Koolaid Acid Test”, it goes into it with detail….

Also, Jack London! Did some time in the clink for vagrancy during his hobo days. Talks about it in “The Road”

]]> By: WafflesWafers http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-365449 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:10:52 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-365449 Dostoyevsky should be here,but still,this is a great list.

]]> By: Bethann McLaren http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-296148 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:20:27 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-296148 I think ALL the Russians were in jail at one point or another, so it would be tough to include them all in this list!

]]> By: Bethann McLaren http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-296147 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:19:36 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-296147 Oh man, you missed Ezra Pound being locked away in the Gorilla cage by the US forces! I suppose that technically might not be considered "jail" though. Check out his scary mug shot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ezra_Pound_1945…

]]> By: Powerful entity http://listverse.com/2008/08/08/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/comment-page-2/#comment-270208 Wed, 05 May 2010 23:24:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-literary-geniuses-who-went-to-jail/#comment-270208 Where is Marquis de Sade? He spent more than half of his life in various jails.

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