It is impossible to deny the fact that the nature of approaching or brewing changes in the life of human civilization was first felt by those who were ahead of their time - famous writers.
Writers - Connected between the Future and the Present
Among the infinite number of writers of each era are those authors who, in addition to the universally recognized merits of fiction, generously give humanity a new vision. It was they who more convincingly scientists formulated new concepts, ideas and, as a result, created the intellectual and emotional argumentation of the future. They managed to see his challenge in everyday and everyday life, put on the screen unsightly problems, point out undisturbed conflicts, helping to realize future threats and give new hopes.
Great writers of world literature
This list is not perfect. It contains individual famous writers who can be safely called the greatest writers of all time.
- Ancient Greek Homer. There is an assumption that he was completely blind, but all his stories, by the way, which were recorded only 400 years later, are in demand and relevant today. A whole creative team of writers worked on his poems, which often added something about the Odyssey and the Trojan War.
- Victor Hugo. The most famous of the poets of the 19th century, one of the greatest authors of French prose.
- Miguel de Cervantes. His main work is the well-known novel âThe Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Manchaâ. However, the author also wrote more than one storybook, the novel Persiles and Sikhismund and the romantic inspirational novel Galatea.
- German fiction would not be complete without Goethe. His followers actively used the ideas of the great creator to shape their style. The writer created four novels, an infinite number of poems, scientific essays and documentary works.
- The father of native Russian literature (without shades of Western influence) is A. S. Pushkin. Although the great creator was a poet, he also inspiredly wrote in all genres, so he can be called paramount and deservedly the famous Russian writer.
- William Shakespeare. The influence of this writer on world and English literature is undeniable. It is still today and is officially recognized as one of the most translated. His complete work has already been translated into 70 languages.
The Pleiad of Geniuses of Poetry and Prose
The 19th century was so rich in talents that it managed to generate an outstanding galaxy of geniuses of prose and poetry. The most famous writers and poets of Russia: N. M. Karamzin, A. S. Griboedov, A. S. Pushkin, K. F. Ryleyev, M. Yu. Lermontov, N. A. Nekrasov, N. V. Gogol, A A. Fet, I. S. Turgenev, M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, L. N. Tolstoy, N. G. Chernyshevsky, A. P. Chekhov, F. M. Dostoevsky.
Writers who have had a significant impact on English literature
Famous English writers have created a great many outstanding works, which laid a powerful message, so they have retained their relevance in our days.
- Thomas More, writer, poet and translator. Author of many translations from the ancient Greek language and poems, as well as 280 Latin epigrams.
- Jonathan Swift, a bold publicist and brilliant satirist, poet, public figure, is familiar to the general public as the creator of Gulliver's Travels.
- Samuel Richardson, founding father of the romantic "sensual" literature of Great Britain. With his three whale novels, he undoubtedly formed a stable foundation for his imperishable world fame.
- Henry Fielding, founder of the English realistic novel, prolific, deep playwright.
- Walter Scott, a comprehensively developed personality, warrior, writer, poet, legal profession and history specialist, founder of a 19th-century historical novel.
World-Changing Writers
After the horrors of World War II, it seemed to everyone that from now on the world would rest on all understandable, simple and reasonable principles. Social relations, global politics relied on the modernization of progress and positive trends, faith in enlightenment, science. However, from the beginning of the 70s the idealistic world began to inevitably collapse, and people came to know a different reality. Famous writers and poets who determine the mindsets of the new generation took the brunt of the dramatic changes.
The soul and mind of modernity
Below is a list of those writers who have identified the soul and mind of modernity.
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (lawyer). Major works: âThe General in his Maze,â âNobody Writes to the Colonel,â âOne Hundred Years of Solitude,â âBurning Foliage,â and many others.
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn (teacher of physics and mathematics, famous Russian writer). Major works: âCancer Corpsâ, âRed Wheelâ, âIn the First Circleâ and more than provocative âGulag Archipelagoâ. Famous writers often fell into disgrace to the ruling system.
- Tony Morrison (editor). Major works: âBelovedâ, âResin Scarecrowâ, âJazzâ, âLoveâ, âParadiseâ.
- Salman Rushdy (philologist). Major works: âShameâ, âRageâ, âChildren of Midnightâ, âClown Shalimarâ, âSatanic Poemsâ.
- Milan Kundera (director). Main works: âIgnoranceâ, âImmortalityâ, âSlownessâ, âFunny lovesâ and others.
- Orhan Pamuk (architect). The main works: "Istanbul", "White Fortress", "Other Colors", "New Life", "Snow", "Black Book".
- Michelle Welbeck (environmental engineer). Major works: âPlatformâ, âElementary Particlesâ, âOpportunity of the Islandâ, âLanzaroteâ.
- Joan Rowling (translator). 7 Harry Potter novels.
- Umberto Eco (philologist). The main works: âBaudolinoâ, âThe Name of the Roseâ, âIsland the Eveâ, âFoucault Pendulumâ.
- Carlos Castaneda (anthropologist). The main works: âThe Gift of the Eagleâ, âThe Power of Silenceâ, âSpecial Realityâ, âTales of Strengthâ, âInner Fireâ, âWheel of Timeâ, âThe Second Circle of Powerâ and others. The category of âfamous writersâ would be deprived without mentioning this outstanding person.