Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cease of the Second World War people commenced to believe that the world’s essential rules are understandable and consistent . Both global politics and social relations were relying on the ideas of development, beneficial innovations , confidence in the rational , understanding , technical advancement , and the ability to explain any happening from a analytical point of view . Nevertheless , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and now , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a different kind of reality .
We effortlessly note those changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are certain concepts which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the upcoming change was initially tracked by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose masterpieces have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given people a new picture of the future . They have better than others other authors formed and worded new suggestions and have ultimately done a new intelligent and emotional grounding of the future. They have spotted challenges in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were going on without being noticed . They have helped us to think of the new problems , and gave us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have determined the minds of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have turned our attention to the most vital issues of the past century; those dilemmas , which the humankind , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented sufferings , was afraid to face . Lastly they were formulating the most important question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will mention several of the most popular authors of the 20th century. They have all much affected literature of their period, have reflected tendencies and dilemmas which were essential to their nations and the times they were living in, and have made the readers think about the existing system of values, having them understand that it is far from being flawless. One of the most exciting feature of their work is that in often they have risen the audience interest in books and written matter. in this case one of the most exciting success stories is that of a famous writer Anne Bronte .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named special as she has found herself to be the first writer in the world to make $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a noticeable part of her money on charity, battling poverty and illness. The plot of the book was found while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to print her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a loving advice — to look for a stable job. He was unaware of the idea that the young author would be able to make money of writing. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having published a number of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading.
This article is not able to name and more or less accurately list all authors who have given their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas directly into the minds of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not writing for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in molding the culture and the vision of a civilization of the 20th century.