Has Knausgaard lived the ultimate /lit/erary lifestyle? >born

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>tfw nothing in your life has pointed you towards anything resembling the /lit/ life: no good education or /lit/erary careers or /lit/ friends and family
>only thing you've got is you're book nerd who writes shitty short stories no one cares about

>>8378341
>born to academic parents
>conflict with father which created lifelong angst
>entrance into renowned writing school at an early age
>around seven years spent studying different topics
>avoided full-time wagecuckery his entire life
>spent months on the dole when he felt like writing in peace
>qt wife paid the bills while he focused on writing
>generally lived as a NEET throughout his 20s thanks to based Norwegian welfare and free education syste,
>debut aged 30 wins major Norwegian prize and is respected by all critics
>following book two years later wins several international awards and is again respected by critics worldwide
>memoirs have worldwide appeal, becoming bestsellers in several countries
>not even 50 years old
>his books still have no value

>>8378341
>Knausgaard
Literally who?

>>8378396
Ask yourself : What is my ignorance proving, here ?

>>8378341
Name doesn't ring a bell.
Good for him I guess.

isnt he like severely depressed tho?
he books fucking kill me, like listening to a sun kil moon album

>Cormac McCarthy ditches upper class home to live in a mountain shack with no power and no running water with his pregnant girlfriend
>does nothing but read and write all day
>tells girlfriend who takes care of their son and does all the chores to get a job so she can support them while he works on his writing
>she dumps him
>he moves to a motel that charges $2 per night where he does all his writing
>gets kicked out because he can't afford it.
>he gets a new gf
>they live in a barn, bathe in a pond, and eat beans every day
>local university asks him to give a lecture on one of his books to the students, offering $2,000
>he declines, saying "it's all in there."
>gets dumped again.
>moves to Spain to learn Spanish.
>Marries a pop star
>After 20 years of working on Suttree he completes it, then makes his wife type out two complete drafts of it.
>Moves back to the US
>Gets rich
>Divorces third wife.
>Lives as a critically acclaimed author, hangs out at a research institute with top scientists, editing their papers and whatnot.

pretty fucking based.

It's a shame the last four books were so bad. I got had by the quality of the first two.

>>8379552
>sun kil moon
>depressing

>>8378350
The so-called "literary life" of pop culture are just a bunch of props. Don't give up.

>>8378396
>>8378417

Have you been to a bookstore at all in the past five years? Read the book review section of the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, or Washington Post?

Have you been on /lit/?

I read the first book and want to read the second book. I will next year. :)

>>8379585
>hangs out at a research institute with top scientists, editing their papers and whatnot.

wow, a total sell-out

no wonder he did that shitty oprah interview. "it's all in there" my ass

>>8379651
>The so-called "literary life" of pop culture are just a bunch of props. Don't give up.
Not really. You have to have a shitload of money. Being born into wealth or otherwise being able to coast through life for free is a bit more than a prop.