6 Acts Of Literary Kindness

6 acts of literary kindness

In order to celebrate World Kindness Day, set up in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, we have put together a list of six acts of kindness by prominent literary figures.

6 Acts Of Literary Kindness

One of the more widely known acts of literary charity, J.M. Barrie gave all of the rights to “Peter Pan,” his original play, to the Great Ormond Street Hospital (a children’s hospital) in London. Royalties from all productions, books, movies, and other iterations of the story still go to the hospital. The cast of the original play also started a tradition, in which they came to the hospital and played the nursery scene for the children there.

J.K. Rowling co-founded the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG) with Baroness Emma Nicholson in 2005, and auctioned off a special edition of her book The Tales of Beedle the Bard for the charity in 2007, raising nearly £2 million. She also supports a number of charities and causes through her charitable trust, Volant. Volant offers assistance to projects that are related to alleviating social deprivation, with an emphasis on women’s and children’s issues.

Charles Dickens was one of Great Ormond Street’s earliest benefactors, (it seems great authors think alike). In April, he published an article entitled ‘Drooping Buds’ in his magazine Household Words. He described how one third of babies born in London each year died before their first birthday, and emphasized that the Hospital was the only institution dedicated to saving this appalling waste of life. He called to his readers for support, and their enthusiastic response helped to keep the Hospital open and expand the base of its supporters. In 1858, Dickens was called on to help rescue the project again. He responded by giving a whole evening’s performance of his most famous passages on children, and raised enough money to enable the hospital to buy the house next door, and effectively double in size. He continued featuring the hospital in his creative works, and left a legacy behind that continues to benefit the hospital today.

Like Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Victor Hugo helped the poor by going into his own pocket. He started at home, providing for his estranged wife and his sons who didn’t earn much money on their own. He instructed his cook to feed beggars who showed up at his front door. Every other Sunday for about 14 years, he served “Poor Children’s Dinners” to about 50 hungry youngsters in his neighborhood. According to biographer André Maurois, personal charity accounted for about a third of Hugo’s household expenses during his peak earning years.

Maya Angelou passed away in 2014, and her trust now continues her legacy with contributions to many different charities. Before her death, however, she was an honorary board member for the Legacy of Hope Foundation. It was created to provide medical care and facilities for underserved children and communities around the world.

Judy Blume, beloved young adult and children’s author, has spent most of her career fighting against censorship with the National Coalition Against Censorship.  She also is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation which purports to facilitate communication between children and parents, and is financed by the proceeds of her publication Judy Blume Diary: The Place to Put Your Own Feeling.

Image: J.K. Rowling at the White House, via the Executive Office of the President. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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