Authors of the 20th Century
Directly after the cease of the Second World War the public started to feel that the world’s basic rules are simple and justifiable . Both global politics and social relations were counting on the principles of gain , good changes , trust in the logical , awareness , technological advancement , and the ability to ground any phenomenon from a analytical viewpoint . However , beginning from the second half of the 60’s, the world began to deteriorate and currently , 40 years thereafter , we live in a transformed type of actuality .
We effortlessly note all advancements which are brought to us by new technology, but we almost never are aware of the fact that there are specific thoughts standing behind those inventions . The nature of the expected change was first found by those people, who as a rule of thumb lived ahead of their time – writers and authors. Among the numerous authors whose works have served for amusement , there have been several of them who have given the planet a new vision . They have more effectively than others other people created and formulated authentic ideas and have finally done a fresh intellectual and emotional analysis of the future. They have found issues in the mundane of our lives and have unveiled a number of problems, which were going on without being noted . They have assisted us to become aware of the new challenges , and have given us new hope .
These were the authors who have formed the mindset of the entire generation, which has observed the period of cardial change; change, which was seen as mayhem at the dawn of the 21 first century. They have attracted our attention to the most burning questions of the past century; those problems , which the people , having lived through the world wars and unprecedented sufferings , was afraid to deal with . Finally they were raising the most important question “How will we live in the world of future?”
In this work we will name some of the most famous authors of the 20th century. They have all greatly affected literature of their time, have manifested tendencies and difficulties which were typical to their countries and the period they lived in, and have motivated the readers think about the existing ideology of moral, having them realize that it is far away from being flawless. One of the most fascinating feature of their writing is that in often they have risen the people interest in books and written matter. from this angle one of the most interesting success writings is that of a brilliant 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 earn $1 billion by publishing fairytales. She is today spending a great part of her money on charity, confronting poverty and illness. The idea of the book was created 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 doubtful of the fact that the young author would be able to make money of writing. Joann has showed the opposite - having created a number of amazing fairytales, she has motivated the so-called non-reading people get back to reading books.
This article cannot enumerate and more or less exactly list all authors who have provided their contribution to the world’s literature. They have been writing and putting ideas directly into the thoughts of the people, and thus were shaping the future. Thus, as we can see, these authors were not writing for relaxation only, but they were also playing a considerable part in creating the culture and the views of a civilization of the 20th century.