juvenilia
/ˌdʒuːvəˈnɪliə/
noun
- Works produced by an artist, writer, or composer during their youth, often before they became famous or developed their mature style.
- The museum displayed a collection of the poet's juvenilia, including poems she wrote at age twelve.
- Scholars study an author's juvenilia to understand how their early ideas evolved into later masterpieces.
- Many famous painters destroyed their juvenilia, embarrassed by the imperfections of their early work.
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