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This is a partial list of 20th-century writers. This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction
Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000). The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature , Postmodern literature , flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [ 1 ] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.
Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Irishman so honoured. [6]
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century compiled by American literary critic Larry McCaffery. The list was created largely in response to the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery considered out of touch with 20th-century ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century Black British writers and Category:20th-century British male writers and Category:20th-century British women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century African-American writers and Category:20th-century American male writers and Category:20th-century Native American writers and Category:20th-century American women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Pages in category "20th-century writers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "20th-century American novelists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 5,890 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .