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Date: 20 April 2008 12:41:53
According to a little piece in the Guardian Weekly, the life expectancy of writers depends on what form of writing they espouse. This has been scientifically researched, investigating nearly 2,000 writers across four cultures.
Poets (as one might expect) live on average a year less than playwrights, who live three years less than novelists. But the greatest longevity is enjoyed by non-fiction writers, who live a whole 5.6 years longer than poets. I guess that novel in the back of my head is never going to be written then... And I should actually be pleased that I haven't written a poem for three years. Unless I want to die romantically young of course (and I may already be too old for that).