The Bengali-English writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri graduated with honors in history from the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, but then took a position as a clerk in the account department of the Indian Army while simultaneously contributing articles to various magazines. He eventually left his clerk position to focus on journalism before becoming secretary to a major political leader, Sarat Chandra Bose. It was not until 1951, when Chaudhuri was in his 50s, when his first and most known book, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, was published.
Among the other late bloomers are Charles Bukowski and Jose Saramago.
