Many artists and writers have been ignored during their lifetime only to achieve posthumous fame.
The poet was awarded a posthumous medal. It was a nice gesture to his family after his death.
"They were given a posthumous award"; "His wife gave him a posthumous daughter"
Marlon Brando received a well deserved posthumous prize.
It's because of all this posthumous character assassination that I undertook the task of setting the record straight. Now the trend of posthumous publication is seeping from books to movies.