Life & LuxuryArts & CultureLegal professionPrint articleHow a law firm shaped an award-winning poet’s styleMaxim ShanahanProfessional services reporterSep 19, 2024 – 2.24pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginArtists and the law don’t always get along.French author Honoré de Balzac spent three miserable years at a law firm where he was repulsed by having to grease “the oily wheels of every fortune, the hideous wrangling of heirs over corpses not yet cold”.Loading...Maxim Shanahan is a professional services reporter at the Australian Financial Review. Email Maxim at max.shanahan@nine.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreLegal professionPoetryKing & Wood MallesonsLatest In Arts & CultureFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In Life and luxury
