Mayakovski wrote in a 1927 piece [1] "he'll plow the fields, then write a poem". I wonder now if this was about Stalin?<p>I also wonder about odd habits of other great men (great as in "highly influential"). Is a man with great inspirations but without quirky habits unrelated to their field doomed to mediocracy?<p>[1] <a href="https://info.wikireading.ru/228439" rel="nofollow">https://info.wikireading.ru/228439</a>
Oh, and if you look in the right library, you may be able to find a copy of Mussolini's novel <i>The Cardinal's Mistress</i>. I have not myself ever seen a copy, but heard of it in a review.
While we're at it, here's Mao's: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/poems/index.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-work...</a>
Stalin's poems with illustrations by Hitler: <a href="http://kto-kto.narod.ru/bl-bl-4/stalin_hitler.html" rel="nofollow">http://kto-kto.narod.ru/bl-bl-4/stalin_hitler.html</a>