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Student authors say that they are most often influenced by other writers, who represent genres ranging from the classics to children’s literature and who are not necessarily affiliated with the Harvard brand.
But literature is not the only artistic medium that motivates Harvard writers.
“I don’t think you can be a serious artist and not be influenced by other arts,” Keenan says, adding that he has found several foreign filmmakers influential—particularly the German director Werner Herzog and Federico Fellini, an Italian filmmaker...
For Abram D. Kaplan ’10, the most important inspiration for his writing comes not from movies or from popular contemporary books. He says that Western philosophy bears most on his writing.
In Keenan’s view, an education at Harvard has allowed him to become a more sensitive reader and writer. Nevertheless, Keenan says he still does not know how much of an influence Harvard’s classes, people, and organizations have been.