Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cease of the Second World War people commenced to deem that the world’s ground principles are plain and justifiable . Both general politics and social relations were depending on the ideas of gain , beneficial changes , confidence in the logical , enlightenment , technological innovations , and the ability to reason any activity from a logical viewpoint . Notwithstanding , starting from the second half of the 60’s, the world commenced to deteriorate and currently , 40 years after , we find ourselves in a transformed kind of reality .
We without any problems spot all changes which are given us by new technology, but we seldom come to realize the fact that there are specific concepts which the author has put behind those solutions . The core of the future change was first noticed by those people, who more often than not lived anteceding their time – poets and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works 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 molded and formulated fresh ideas and have finally done a brand new intelligent and emotional grounding of the future. They have spotted issues in the mundane of our lives and have opened a array of problems, which were existing without being noticed . They have aided us to think of the new challenges , and sent us new hope .
These were the authors who have shaped the mindset of the entire generation, which has live through the times of cardial change; change, which was perceived as disarray at the beginning of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning questions of the past era ; those dilemmas , which the people , having gone through the world wars and wild number of deaths, was afraid to face . Lastly they were formulating the most critical issue “What will our future look like?”
In this work we will mention several of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. They have all quite affected literature of their time, have revealed trends and difficulties which were essential to their countries and the times they were living in, and have motivated the audience analyze the real philosophy of values, having them realize that it is far from being ideal. One of the most important feature of their work is that in mostly they have risen the person’s attention in books and written works. In this aspect one of the most exciting success writings is that of a famous author Lewis Carroll .
The success 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 today spending a considerable part of her profit on charity, battling 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 bring out her book, she has given her 1500 pounds together with a kind piece of advice — to find a permanent job. He was hesitant of the fact that the young author would be able to make money of writing books. Joann has proved the opposite - having written a series of exceptional fairytales, she has made the so-called non-reading generation get back to reading books.
This work is not able to name and more or less precisely list all authors who have made their gift to the today’s literature. They have been writing and bringing ideas directly into the thoughts of the millions, and thus were shaping the future. therefore, as we can see, these writers were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a significant role in creating the culture and the perception of a civilization of the 20th century.