posthumous work
After-death publication
A posthumous work is a creative work published or released after its creator's death.
The term applies to books, albums, films, or artworks that appear only after the author, artist, or composer has died—whether completed during their lifetime or assembled from unfinished materials: His posthumous work revealed a darker sensibility than his published novels.
- legacyWhat's passed down
- literary estateDeceased writer's copyrights and works
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- lost manuscriptText no longer extant
- unfinishedNot yet complete
unfinished novel · estate · opus · publication · tribute · archive · literary · memoir · collected · final · death · dying wish · last words · author · unpublished · testament · requiem · memorial
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- music termsmelody, tempo, rhythm, harmony, beat
- legacybequest, inheritance, heirloom, heritage, tradition
- swan songsswan song, final performance, last performance, farewell concert, farewell tour
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- unfinished writingsdraft, manuscript, first draft, rough draft, fragment
timing of publication relative to author's life
posthumous workmagnum opus
Creator's supreme achievement
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