http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-suicidal-writers.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-suicidal-writers.php#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:01:27 +0000 Brandt Ketterer http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4065 From the earliest records of ancient civilizations to the most recent works produced by modernity, the history of literature bears witness to the creative power of the human mind. We have before us a vast library of stories, plays, and poetry to enjoy at our leisure, but in some cases this creativity came with a [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-suicidal-writers.php/feed 8 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:03:38 +0000 Heather Matthews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3314 These writers, musicians, and painters created masterpieces in the realms of literature, music, and art. At different stages of their lives, every person on this list suffered from severe hardships, mental illness and feelings of loneliness and despair. All of them suffered for their art in order to create legacies of great imagination and epic [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tortured-artists.php/feed 28