Authors of the 20th Century
Right after the cease of the Second World War the public commenced to deem that the world’s main principles are simple and coherent . Both general politics and social relations were counting on the thoughts of development, positive changes , belief in science , understanding , technical advancement , and the ability to explain any happening from a logical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and now , 40 years later , we live in a transformed type of existence .
We effortlessly spot all changes which are brought to us by new technology, but we rarely are aware of the fact that there are certain ideas which the author has put behind those inventions . The core of the upcoming adjustment was initially noticed by those people, who more often than not lived ahead of their time – philosophers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose books have served for amusement , there have been a few who have given people a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors created and voiced new suggestions and have finally molded a fresh intelligent and emotional grounding of the future. They have noted problems in the mundane of our lives and have shed light onto a number of problems, which were going on without being spotted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new challenges , and gave us new aspirations .
These were the authors who have formed the minds of the entire generation, which has observed the period of cardial change; change, which was viewed as chaos at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most tormenting dilemmas of the previous century; those dilemmas , which the people , having lived through the global wars and unprecedented sufferings , was afraid to meet . Lastly they were raising the most critical issue “What will happen in the future”?
In this work we will name some of the most famous writers of the last century. They have all quite influenced literature of their period, have offered looks and dilemmas which were normal to their nations and the period they lived in, and have made the audience analyze the running philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far away from being ideal. One of the most fascinating feature of their writing is that in often they have risen the audience attention in books and written works. from this angle one of the most exciting success works is that of a brilliant writer Lewis Carroll .
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be called special as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is currently spending a considerable part of her money on charity, fighting poverty and diseases. The idea of the book was invented while she was on the train from Manchester to London. When the publisher has first agreed to publish her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a friendly piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was unaware of the fact that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has demonstrated the opposite - having written a series of unparalleled 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 precisely list all authors who have provided their gift to the world’s literature. They have been working and putting ideas exactly into the heads of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these writers were not writing for entertainment only, but they were also playing a significant role in creating the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.