juvenilia

[ joo-vuh-nil-ee-uh, -nil-yuh ]

/ ˌdʒu vəˈnɪl i ə, -ˈnɪl yə /

works, especially writings, produced in one's youth: His juvenilia were more successful than his mature writings.

literary or artistic productions suitable or designed for the young: publishers of juvenilia.

Origin of juvenilia

1615–25; < Latin, noun use of neuter plural of juvenīlis juvenile

How much does randomness and juvenilia and alcohol contribute to each tweet?

Dear Kathryn Bigelow: Bret Easton Ellis Is Really Sorry |Bret Easton Ellis |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The phrase 'juvenilia carmina' seems to refer to that volume as containing this piece among others.

An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton |Hiram Corson
Many an educated Englishman has published such a volume of Juvenilia and sinned no more.

Early Reviews of English Poets |John Louis Haney
One of his early essays written when he was twenty and published in the Juvenilia was called "Nurses."

The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls |Jacqueline M. Overton

One or two further remarks: they concern my firstlings (the Juvenilia and Juvenalia).

Friedrich Nietzsche |Georg Brandes
Indeed the exclusion of these juvenilia from the Édition Définitive was a critical blunder.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 |George Saintsbury

juvenilia

/ (ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɪlɪə) /

works of art, literature, or music produced in youth or adolescence, before the artist, author, or composer has formed a mature style

C17: from Latin, literally: youthful things; see juvenile

juvenilia

[ (jooh-vuh-nil-ee-uh) ]

Works produced in childhood or youth, particularly written or artistic works.