Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the end of the Second World War the public began to believe that the world’s essential rules are clear and logical . Both politics and social relations were depending on the concepts of development, beneficial changes , trust in science , understanding , technological progress , and the knowledge of how to reason any happening from a logical point of view . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to change and currently , 40 years after , we live in a new type of existence .
We easily notice all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we rarely realize the fact that there are some concepts which the author has put behind those technological solutions. The essence of the upcoming change was at first found by those people, who as a rule lived ahead of their time – poets and authors. Among the multiple authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given people a new vision . They have better than others other authors created and formulated new thoughts and have in the end created formed a brand new intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have seen problems in the mundane of our lives and have opened a array of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have aided us to realize the new problems , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the thoughts of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was perceived as mayhem at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have made us focus our attention to the most problematic dilemmas of the previous era ; those issues , which the people , having lived through the world wars and unseen sufferings , was unwilling to meet . In the end they were raising the most critical issue “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this paper we will specify some of the most well known authors of the 20th century. They have all significantly impacted literature of their time, have depicted tendencies and difficulties which were normal to their society and the times they lived in, and have made the audience meditate on the actual set of moral, having them realize that it is far from being flawless. One of the most interesting feature of their work is that in most cases they have awake the people interest in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most interesting success writings is that of a famous writer John Cheever.
The success of Joan Rowling can be considered unique as she has found herself to be the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by writing fairytales. She is today spending a significant part of her profit 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 decided to print her book, she has awarded her 1500 pounds together with a friendly advice — to look for a permanent job. He was hesitant of the fact that the young author would be able to make a living off of writing. Joann has proved the opposite - having produced a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less accurately list all authors who have offered their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and therefore were influencing the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not creating for enjoyment only, but they were also playing a significant part in creating the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.