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Word: aeon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...nights, after his work in the accounting office, he wrote poetry. It was at this time that he became AE. He wrote under the pseudonym of Aeon, but because of his illegible handwriting the typesetters on the papers to which his first efforts were contributed, unable to read the signature, printed only the first two letters. He has kept this nom de plume ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHEDULE LECTURE BY AE NEXT MONTH AT UNION | 12/18/1930 | See Source »

...signed his first literary composition '-'Aeon." The printer could not read his handwriting, set up only the initial diphthong. The error pleased the author, who signed his subsequent work thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Enter an Irishman | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

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