Paul Di Filippo

One posthumous measure of a person's life is how often you imagine his impossible return to deal with some event he never lived to encounter. You picture his reactions, his advice, his sage commentary and humorous asides. For instance, I think about Mark Twain's hypothetical take on current events several times a week.

American Writer

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Numerous are the posthumous museums and memorials devoted exclusively to one artist, architect or author and designed to preserve or artificially reconstruct the namesake's original working or living conditions.

Swiss Critic

Gloria Steinem

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.

American Activist

Evan Bayh

My mother wrote a book. Unfortunately, it ended up being published posthumously. But I'm glad she did, because it taught me a lot about my family that, otherwise, I probably wouldn't know.

American Politician

George Packer

I am never going to be able to rest easy in having established a posthumous connection to my father. I'll always be groping for what I can't have.

American Novelist

Christopher Hitchens

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.

American Author

J. D. Salinger

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

Thomas Sowell

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

American Economist

Felix Dennis

Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.

British Publisher

Jean Cocteau

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

French Director

Used to describe honors given after death, often acknowledging lifetime contributions.

Post-Life Achievement

Indicates the continuing impact of someone's work or influence after they've died.

Legacy Continuation

Refers to works released after the creator's death, often not intended initially.

Published After Death

Often concerned with fulfilling the deceased's last wishes or requests.

Respecting Wishes

Highlights the enduring effect of a person’s actions beyond their lifetime.

Lasting Influence

Can be used in the context of executing a will or legal document after someone's death.

Legal Matters

In legal terms, it refers to children born after their father dies, especially regarding inheritance.

Hereditary Titles

Understand it's a term with historical significance in matters of lineage and royalty.

Historical Context

Relevant in discussions about wills, inheritance, and heirs in a legal context.

Legal Relevance

 was only published posthumously and anonymously in 1638, likely on account of the number of controversial ideas that it contained, including an endorsement of the Copernican view of the universe that put the Sun at the center of the Solar System, as well as a pre-Newtonian concept of gravity

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 to have a child by me after my death. I have been assiduously generating sperm samples for that eventuality. If she does, then this letter is for my posthumous offspring as well, with the thought that I have loved you in my dreams, even though I never got to see you born.”

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 and frequently antagonized other popular writers. Much of his fame came from posthumous – and very loose – adaptations of his work. And yet, if he could’ve known how much pleasure and inspiration his writing would bring to generations of readers and writers alike,

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 if only they could be awarded posthumously. And, in fact, it's possible she could have won twice. Her work on the structure of viruses led to a Nobel for a colleague in 1982. It's time to tell the story of a brave woman who fought sexism in science,

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 because the police now are able to identify one of the two fingerprints, which actually corresponds to Katie. And they've been able to say so because they've compared the two separate images with one taken posthumously from Katie.

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 celebrities even a listers fade away like the celluloid that made them famous but the few who make it to the posthumous a list are perpetuated in advertising campaigns circuses even bobblehead dolls and coffee mugs in life

The legacy of dead...

 has been interpreted as an attempt to respectfully honor the so-called missing laureate. As with the other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize can't be awarded posthumously. The secret selection process takes almost a year,

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 Amy was a prolific author. In addition to two groundbreaking memoirs, she published over 30 children's books. Posthumously, the book she wrote with our daughter Paris, called "Dear Girl,"

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 President Barack Obama posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, praising Rustin’s “march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.”

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 more eggs so in spite of losing his head this male father's posthumous offspring

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