9 Famous Authors Who Did Stints in Mental Institutions

By Emily Temple on Apr 18, 2013 - Flavorwire

Everyone knows that all authors are totally crazy, right? After all, that’s what makes so many of them so brilliant. 
But today, on the anniversary of Ezra Pound’s federally mandated release from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the criminally insane, where he had been held for 13 years following his arrest on charges of treason, we celebrate those authors who have actually been institutionalized for their mental illnesses (or, in some cases, for what others thought was mental illness). … Read More