Authors of the 20th Century
Immediately after the cessation of the Second World War the public commenced to feel that the world’s essential ethical foundations are simple and consistent . Both world politics and social relations were depending on the concepts of gain , positive changes , belief in the logical , enlightenment , hi-tech innovations , and the ability to explain any phenomenon from a analytical viewpoint . However , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to change and now , 40 years thereafter , we dwell in a new kind of actuality .
We without any problems notice those innovations which are brought to us by new technology, but we seldom come to realize the fact that there are concrete thoughts which the author has put behind those solutions . The nature of the future change was first noticed by those people, who as a rule lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the multiple authors whose works have served for pleasure , there have been several of them who have given the humankind a new vision . They have more effectively than others other authors formed and voiced new thoughts and have ultimately molded a fresh intelligent and perceptual analysis of the future. They have seen problems in the mundane of our lives and have opened a number of problems, which were dragging on without being noticed . They have helped us to realize the new issues , and gave us new ambitions .
These were the authors who have shaped the vision of the entire generation, which has live through the times of dramatic change; change, which was viewed as mayhem at the start of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most problematic problems of the past era ; those problems , which the people , having lived through the global wars and wild number of deaths, was unwilling to face . In the end they were formulating the the most topical question “What will happen in the future”?
In this paper we will name some of the most famous authors of the 20th century. They have all significantly influenced literature of their time, have offered tendencies and difficulties which were normal to their nations and the period they existed in, and have made the readers analyze the actual set of values, having them realize that it is far from being ideal. One of the most interesting angle of their writing is that in most cases they have risen the readers’ interest in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most interesting success works is that of a famous writer John Cheever.
The achievement of Joan Rowling can be named phenomenal as she has become the first author in the world to earn $1 billion by authoring fairytales. She is currently spending a considerable part of her earnings on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was invented 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 friendly piece of advice — to look for a stable job. He was hesitant of the idea that the young writer would be able to make a living off of writing books. Joann has showed the opposite - having created a series of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This article is not able to name and more or less accurately list all writers who have given their gift to the nowadays literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the heads of the millions, and therefore were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these authors were not creating for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant role in molding the culture and the looks of a society of the 20th century.