Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 months ago

Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world · edit-2 8 months ago

Harry Potter is successful despite of Rowling’s writing, not because of it.

pingveno · 8 months ago

Yes, it’s not so much that she’s a great writer on the level of many of the others listed here. But in terms of cultural impact, she made a huge splash.

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

She did. The impact of those stories is probably greatest among the writers listed here.