Presuming we know of, there's that nearly example of nominative determinism, Francois Villon.
On 18 Sep 2012, at 17:59, Patrick McManus wrote:
> I am just wondering here how many poets do we know who were murderers?? (not
> me yet!)
>
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> Subject: John Riley
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> Back in Japan with a load of books. I picked up a great selected of John
> Riley from Carcanet--and found to my horror that this talent was murdered by
> two thugs.
>
> One of my students was divested of her money at Victoria station by suri--as
> we call pick pockets--this was literally like shaking down a child.
>
> All of which leads up to the question of how many poets do you know of who
> were murdered? Not talking about war, but lost their lives due to criminal
> activity, intrigues, street crime, etc...
> Chaucer
> Surrey
> Marlowe
>
> moderns?
>
> Jess
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